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2026 Miscellaneous Order No. 6 – 1st Amended (effective August 3, 2026): a case in which the presiding judge within the Juvenile Division (matters heard regularly in Department 36) is disqualified reassigned first to Department 21, and, each in turn if disqualified or unavailable, to Department 22, Department 23, Department 38 and Department 24; if Departments 36, 21, 22, 23, 38 and 24 are all disqualified or not available, the matter routed to the presiding judge of the Madera County Superior Court or the assistant presiding judge (if not disqualified) for further reassignment, then to the most senior judge available who has not been disqualified (by the date the judge was sworn into office).
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SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MADERA IN THE MATTER OF THE REASSIGNMENT OF CASES FOR ALL PURPOSES PURSUANT TO RULE 3.734 OF THE CALIFORNIA RULES OF COURT UPON DISQUALIFICATION OF A JUDGE WITHIN THE JUVENILE DIVISION 2026 MISCELLANEOUS ORDER No. 6 – 1st Amended IT IS ORDERED that effective August 3, 2026, cases in which the presiding judge within the Juvenile Division of the court¹ is disqualified shall be reassigned as follows: 1. All cases assigned to Department 36 in which the judicial officer is disqualified shall first be reassigned to Department 21. 2. If Department 21 is either disqualified or unavailable, then the case(s) shall be reassigned to Department 22. 3. If Department 22 is either disqualified or unavailable, then the case(s) shall be reassigned to Department 23. 4. If Department 23 is either disqualified or unavailable, then the case(s) shall be reassigned to Department 38. 5. If Department 38 is either disqualified or unavailable, then the case(s) shall be reassigned to Department 24. If Department 36, Department 21, Department 22, Department 23, Department 38, and Department 24 are disqualified or not available the matter shall be routed to the presiding judge of the Madera County Superior Court (if not disqualified) or assistant presiding judge (if not disqualified) for further reassignment. If both the presiding judge of the Madera County Superior Court and assistant presiding judge are disqualified, the case(s) shall be routed to the most senior judge² available who has not been disqualified for reassignment. The Clerk of this Court shall post copies of this Order for public inspection. Dated: August 3, 2026 Hon. Dale J. Blea Presiding Judge 2025-2026 ¹ Juvenile Division shall be defined as matters heard regularly in Department 36. ² The most senior judge shall be determined by the date the judge was sworn into office.
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MADERA IN THE MATTER OF THE REASSIGNMENT OF CASES FOR ALL PURPOSES PURSUANT TO RULE 3.734 OF THE CALIFORNIA RULES OF COURT UPON DISQUALIFICATION OF A JUDGE WITHIN THE JUVENILE DIVISION 2026 MISCELLANEOUS ORDER No. 6 – 1st Amended IT IS ORDERED that effective August 3, 2026, cases in which the presiding judge within the Juvenile Division of the court¹ is disq
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-6-1st-amended.pdf (110320 bytes, sha256 2758b15cb58fc19f2bbed8c0e4df6f994cc7ededcf0aae3d924bb1dd6174a9ed; 1 page, 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/mo6-p01.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 303 words, 16 6-word windows were not found in a reading, in 4 spans - 4 spans split into consecutive pieces each found (the footnote mark set against a word; the footnotes, which the transcription sets after the signature block; and the signature beside the date line, which the text layer reads as letters) (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 the page (“Superior Court of California / County of Madera / Local Rules of Court”), the page number, the handwritten signature above the printed name and title, and the signature and date rules; on the date line the day “3” is handwritten. The footnotes, printed at the foot of the page, follow the signature block. 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.