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2026 Miscellaneous Order No. 3 – 3rd Amended (effective August 3, 2026, and until further order): judicial assignments made and cases assigned for all purposes pursuant to Rule 3.734 of the California Rules of Court. Department 17: Commissioner Elizabeth Diaz, all traffic proceedings including new arraignments for traffic misdemeanors under the Vehicle Code (jury trials once confirmed assigned to the criminal department for Final Trial Confirmation by the terminal case number), and Commissioner Douglas Treisman, all family support cases. Departments 21, 22, 24 and 38 (The Hon. Katherine M. Rigby, The Hon. Miguel Valdovinos, The Hon. Sosi C. Vogt, The Hon. Brian W. Enos): the criminal cases filed in the Criminal Division by the terminal case number in the attached chart. Department 23: The Hon. Dale J. Blea, the assignment of all criminal jury trials - the Presiding Judge of the Court; the judge of Department 24 is the Assistant Presiding Judge of the Court and the Presiding Judge of Drug Court. Department 36: The Hon. Ernest J. LiCalsi, all proceedings under Sections 300, 601, and 602 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, truancy cases and adoption proceedings - the Presiding Judge of the Juvenile Court. Departments 37 and 40: The Hon. Daniel Walters (odd terminal case numbers) and The Hon. D. Lynn Collet (even), family law cases (except child support proceedings) and probate guardianship proceedings concerning a child only; Department 37 also the Batterers’ Treatment Program review hearings (the Presiding Judge of the Batterers Treatment Court), Department 40 the Behavioral Health Court and Veterans’ Treatment Court hearings (the Presiding Judge of the Behavioral Health Court, Veteran’s Treatment Court and the Presiding Judge of the Appellate Department). Departments 44 and 45: The Hon. Michael J. Jurkovich (even) and The Hon. Eric J. LiCalsi (odd), all cases filed in the Civil Division except family law, child support and criminal proceedings; Department 44 also CARE Court and selecting and supervising the Grand Jury - the Supervising Judge of the Civil Division. The attached chart divides the terminal numbers 0 to 99 among Departments 24, 21, 22 and 38; when a defendant has both a MCR numbered case(s) and a SCR numbered case(s), the lowest number of the MCR case(s) decides the department.
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SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MADERA IN THE MATTER OF THE ASSIGNMENT OF JUDGES FOR ALL PURPOSES PURSUANT TO RULE 3.734 OF THE CALIFORNIA RULES OF COURT 2026 MISCELLANEOUS ORDER No. 3 – 3rd Amended IT IS ORDERED that effective August 3, 2026, and until further order, judicial assignments are made, and cases are assigned for all purposes pursuant to Rule 3.734 of the California Rules of Court, as follows: Department 17: Commissioner Elizabeth Diaz is assigned to hear all traffic proceedings including new arraignments for traffic misdemeanors, under the Vehicle Code including law and motion, settlement, and court trial. Jury trials once confirmed shall be assigned to the criminal department for Final Trial Confirmation based upon the terminal case number as outlined in the attached chart. Department 17: Commissioner Douglas Treisman is assigned to hear all family support cases including law and motion, settlement, and trial. Department 21: The Hon. Katherine M. Rigby is assigned all criminal cases filed in the Criminal Division (and any related criminal proceedings filed in the Civil Division) of the Madera Superior Court that have a terminal case number as outlined in the attached chart for all purposes, including law and motion, settlement, and trial. Department 22: The Hon. Miguel Valdovinos is assigned all criminal cases filed in the Criminal Division (and any related criminal proceedings filed in the Civil Division) of the Madera Superior Court that have a terminal case number as outlined in the attached chart for all purposes, including law and motion, settlement, and trial. Department 23: The Hon. Dale J. Blea presides over the assignment of all criminal jury trials and all jury trials assigned to his department. He is the Presiding Judge of the Court. Department 24: The Hon. Sosi C. Vogt is assigned all criminal cases filed in the Criminal Division (and any related criminal proceedings filed in the Civil Division) of the Madera Superior Court that have a terminal case number as outlined in the attached chart for all purposes, including law and motion, settlement, and trial. She is the Assistant Presiding Judge of the Court and the Presiding Judge of Drug Court. Department 36: The Hon. Ernest J. LiCalsi is assigned all proceedings under Sections 300, 601, and 602 of the California Welfare and Institutions Code, as well as all truancy cases, and adoption proceedings for all purposes including law and motion, settlement, and trial. He is the Presiding Judge of the Juvenile Court. Department 37: The Hon. Daniel Walters is assigned all family law cases (except child support proceedings) and all probate guardianship proceedings concerning a child only which is filed in the Civil Division of the Madera Superior Court that have a terminal case number ending in an odd number (i.e., 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9) for all purposes, including law and motion matters, ex parte matters and trials (both long cause and short cause). He is also assigned to all Batterers’ Treatment Program review hearings. He is the Presiding Judge of the Batterers Treatment Court. Department 38: The Hon. Brian W. Enos is assigned all criminal cases filed in the Criminal Division (and any related criminal proceedings filed in the Civil Division) of the Madera Superior Court that have the terminal number as outlined in the attached chart for all purposes, including law and motion, settlement, and trial. Department 40: The Hon. D. Lynn Collet is assigned all family law cases (except child support proceedings) and all probate guardianship proceedings concerning a child only which is filed in the Civil Division of the Madera Superior Court that have a terminal case number ending in an even number (i.e., 2, 4, 6, 8, and 0) for all purposes, including law and motion matters, ex parte matters and trials (both long cause and short cause). She is assigned to all Behavioral Health Court and Veterans’ Treatment Court hearings. She is the Presiding Judge of the Behavioral Health Court, Veteran’s Treatment Court and the Presiding Judge of the Appellate Department. Department 44: The Hon. Michael J. Jurkovich is assigned all cases (except family law proceedings, child support proceedings and criminal proceedings) filed in the Civil Division of the Madera Superior Court that have a terminal case number ending in an even number (i.e., 2, 4, 6, 8 and 0) for all purposes, including case management conferences, law and motion matters, ex parte matters and trials (both long cause and short cause). He is assigned the responsibility of CARE Court, selecting and supervising the Grand Jury and is the Supervising Judge of the Civil Division. Department 45: The Hon. Eric J. LiCalsi is assigned all cases (except family law proceedings, child support proceedings and criminal proceedings) filed in the Civil Division of the Madera Superior Court that have a terminal case number ending in an odd number (i.e., 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9) for all purposes, including case management conferences, law and motion matters, ex parte matters and trials (both long cause and short cause). The Clerk of this Court shall post copies of this Order for public inspection. Dated: JULY 31, , 2026 Hon. Dale J. Blea Presiding Judge 2025-2026 When a defendant has both a MCR numbered case(s) and a SCR numbered case(s), the lowest number of the MCR case(s) will determine which department the cases are to be assigned. Department Assigned Department 24 0 20 40 60 80 Department 21 1 21 41 61 81 Department 22 2 22 42 62 82 Department 38 3 23 43 63 83 Department 24 4 24 44 64 84 Department 21 5 25 45 65 85 Department 22 6 26 46 66 86 Department 38 7 27 47 67 87 Department 24 8 28 48 68 88 Department 21 9 29 49 69 89 Department 22 10 30 50 70 90 Department 38 11 31 51 71 91 Department 24 12 32 52 72 92 Department 21 13 33 53 73 93 Department 22 14 34 54 74 94 Department 38 15 35 55 75 95 Department 24 16 36 56 76 96 Department 21 17 37 57 77 97 Department 22 18 38 58 78 98 Department 38 19 39 59 79 99 Department 24: 0, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 68, 72, 76, 80, 84, 88, 92, 96 Department 21: 1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25, 29, 33, 37, 41, 45, 49, 53, 57, 61, 65, 69, 73, 77, 81, 85, 89, 93, 97 Department 22: 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34, 38, 42, 46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 70, 74, 78, 82, 86, 90, 94, 98 Department 38: 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23, 27, 31, 35, 39, 43, 47, 51, 55, 59, 63, 67, 71,75, 79, 83, 87, 91, 95, 99
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MADERA IN THE MATTER OF THE ASSIGNMENT OF JUDGES FOR ALL PURPOSES PURSUANT TO RULE 3.734 OF THE CALIFORNIA RULES OF COURT 2026 MISCELLANEOUS ORDER No. 3 – 3rd Amended IT IS ORDERED that effective August 3, 2026, and until further order, judicial assignments are made, and cases are assigned for all purposes pursuant to Rule 3.734 of the California Rules of Co
Reviewer note: Transcribed 2026-10-15 (California T4 Madera build 2026-10-15) by eye from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-madera/docs/general/2026-misc-order-no-3-3rd-amended.pdf (344496 bytes, sha256 7a93d60823c7736f00509e40d813b110de99d60395480bc8a92899b6a6ca8d08; 3 pages, each a scanned page image with an invisible OCR text layer - not the card's source): read on the page images rendered at 200 dpi (vision/img/mo3-p01.png to mo3-p03.png) and checked against a RapidOCR reading of the images (at 200 dpi) and the file's own invisible OCR text layer for the same pages, never published: of the transcription's 1137 words, 81 6-word windows were not found in a reading, in 16 spans - 13 spans split into consecutive pieces each found (the cells of the chart on page 3, which the readings take in another order) and 3 spans read again on the page images and found as transcribed (vision/check-log.txt; evidence/vision-check-2026-10-15.log, evidence/vision-explain-2026-10-15.log). Not part of the text: the running header printed at the head of page 1 (“Superior Court of California / County of Madera / Local Rules of Court”), the page numbers, the handwritten signature above the printed name and title, the signature and date rules, and the chart's borders and shading; on the date line only “JULY 31,” is handwritten, on the printed blank before the printed “, 2026”. The transcription's closing note, which describes the pages, is not published.
9 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-10.
6 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-13.