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Los Angeles County Superior Court — Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 517 (Judge Michael C. Small): Courtroom Information (Effective Date: September 1, 2026)

High confidence· verified September 29, 2026Judge PreferencesCourtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 517, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/517/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.

Summary

Department 517's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): civility and professionalism; general information on hearings; law and motion in five categories with their own days and limits (motions for summary judgment or adjudication one per day on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8:30 a.m.; anti-SLAPP and injunction motions; demurrers, motions to strike and discovery motions; motions to quash, to continue trial and for attorney's fees and petitions for structured settlements; motions to be relieved as counsel and for pro hac vice admission); discovery motions and informal discovery conferences; ex parte applications (filed by 10:00 am the court day before); case management; setting trials and status conferences (seven trials a week, Song-Beverly trials on Tuesdays; final status conferences typically at 9:00 a.m.); trial procedure; trial readiness documents; motions in limine; the first day of trial and ordering a jury panel; and publishing exhibits at trial.

Applies to

California > Second Appellate District > Los Angeles County > Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles > Stanley Mosk Courthouse > Department 517

Source of truth

DEPARTMENT 517 STANLEY MOSK COURTHOUSE COURTROOM INFORMATION Judge: Michael C. Small Judicial Assistant: Julian Araujo Courtroom Attendant: Cecilia Navarro Telephone Number: (213) 633-0657 Email:SMCDept517@lacourt.ca.gov Effective Date: September 1, 2026 CIVILITY AND PROFESSIONALISM The Court places a very high value on civility and professionalism in the practice of law and the judicial process.

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles — Courtroom Information (courtroom information sheets)
Source health: Healthy · checked September 29, 2026
Effective date: September 1, 2026
Last verified: September 29, 2026benchpath-ca-t3-los-angeles-2026-09-29

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-29 (California T3 Los Angeles build 2026-09-29) from BenchPath custody ca/t3/ca-los-angeles/dept/CourtroomInformation_LAM_517.pdf (173073 bytes, sha256 645118ffe9d6ba115bd16517af4085baae562bca5cd055675b61fa7097610ba9; 7 pages) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow, drawn-glyph reading): page numbers, pleading line numbers and running headers or footers removed as chrome; lines reflowed into the sheet's paragraphs; proof 1 (whitespace-only), proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) and proof 3 (same characters as the glyphs drawn on the page) all pass. 3 documented layout fixes (whitespace or line order only; the proofs hold). Attached to Judge Michael C. Small: the sheet names the judicial officer, and the court's Courtroom Information application and Judicial Officer Search both place Judge Michael C. Small in Department 517 of the Stanley Mosk Courthouse.