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Los Angeles County Superior Court — West Covina Courthouse, Department 1 (Judge Benjamin P. Hernandez-Stern): Courtroom Information (Revised 6/10/25)

High confidence· verified September 29, 2026Judge PreferencesCourtroom Information, West Covina Courthouse, Department 1, 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/CIT/courtrooms/1/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.

Summary

Department 1's courtroom information, general information, final status conference order and trial procedures (West Covina Courthouse): conduct of counsel and parties (LASC Rule 3.120 et seq.); filings; ex parte applications (Monday-Thursday at 8:30 a.m.); law and motion (meeting and conferring before any motion); court reporters; tentative rulings; informal discovery conferences and motions to compel further responses; requests for a trial continuance; interpreters; accessibility and accommodations; and Song-Beverly Act litigation - with the department's Final Status Conference Order and Trial Procedures (a court reporter for trial, or daily agreed or proposed settled statements).

Applies to

California > Second Appellate District > Los Angeles County > Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles > West Covina Courthouse > Department 1

Source of truth

DEPARTMENT 1 COURTROOM INFORMATION / GENERAL INFORMATION / FINAL STATUS CONFERENCE ORDER / TRIAL PROCEDURES BENJAMIN P. HERNÁNDEZ-STERN, JUDGE COURTROOM INFORMATION JUDICIAL ASSISTANT: Veronica Solis COURTROOM ASSISTANT: Cristina “Cris” Rodelo DEPARTMENT: 1 LOCATION: West Covina Courthouse 1427 West Covina Parkway West Covina, CA 91790 TELEPHONE NUMBER: (626) 430-2501 COURTROOM HOURS: 8:30 a.m. to

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles — Courtroom Information (courtroom information sheets)
Source health: Healthy · checked September 29, 2026
Effective date: June 10, 2025
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_CIT_1.pdf (263738 bytes, sha256 4a4071c631f3a30aa5582d5a4064a937ab117158d5aa3d0accf3ede134518e98; 8 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. Attached to Judge Benjamin P. Hernandez-Stern: the sheet names the judicial officer, and the court's Courtroom Information application and Judicial Officer Search both place Judge Benjamin P. Hernandez-Stern in Department 1 of the West Covina Courthouse.