Standing Order 2016-04 (effective December 23, 2016; a revision of Standing Order 2009-07), media requests under the California Rules of Court, Rule 1.150: media requests handled by the Executive Assistants (in Los Banos the division supervisor); the Media Request (MC-500) and the Order on Media Request to Permit Coverage (MC-510) completed by the requesting agency and e-mailed to the Executive Assistants' group address; a five-day notice rule (CRC Rule 1.150), a Judicial Officer able to find good cause for a later request; the request file stamped, e-mailed to all parties or attorneys of record, and submitted with the proposed order to the Judicial Officer hearing the matter (the Presiding Judge if none is assigned); and the file-stamped request and signed order e-mailed to the requesting agency.
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SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF MERCED 627 W. 21st Street Merced, CA 95340 STANDING ORDER – AMENDMENT #2016-04 EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 23, 2016 This Standing Order 2016-04 is a revision of Standing Order 2009-07 dated July 22, 2009 and shall replace said Standing Order. MEDIA REQUESTS-CALIFORNIA RULES OF COURT, RULE 1.150 All media request are handled by the Executive Assistants1. There are two forms that need to be submitted when the Media is requesting to photograph, record, or broadcast an event. There is the Media Request and the Order on Media Request to Permit Coverage (MC-500) and (MC-510). The requesting agency will need to complete the (MC-500) and the (MC-510) and e-mail those forms to all.executive-assistants@mercedcourt.org. There is a five-day notice rule (CRC Rule 1.150) for Media Requests, but a Judicial Officer can find “good cause” if the request comes in at a later time. When the Request and Orders are received, properly filled out by the media, the Judicial Assistant/Los Banos Supervisor will: 1. Confirm that the case information (name, number, date and location of the hearing) is accurate. 2. File stamped the MC-500 as soon as it case information is confirmed to be correct. 3. E-mail a scanned copy of the filed request to all parties or attorneys of record pursuant to Rule 1.150(1). 4. The filed request, printed copy of notice (e-mail) to parties, and proposed order will be submitted to the Judicial Officer who is hearing the matter as some Judicial Officers request specific things such as no photos of the Judge and/or no pictures of staff. If no judicial officer is assigned, it should be reviewed by the Presiding Judge. 1 In Los Banos, the division supervisor will process all Media Requests. 5. Once the MC-510 Order has been signed, it must be file-stamped. 6. The Executive Assistant will send the requesting agency a copy of the file-stamped request and order by e-mail. 7. A scanned copy of the filed request and order are to be e-mailed to the Court CEO, Calendar Manager, and head of Court Security (cc: all Executive Assistant and Supervising Courtroom Clerk) along with the case information, including date, time, and location of the hearing for with the request and order were made. 8. The original request and order will be forwarded to the appropriate division once all steps are complete. BRIAN L. MCCABE PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF MERCED 627 W. 21st Street Merced, CA 95340 STANDING ORDER – AMENDMENT #2016-04 EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 23, 2016 This Standing Order 2016-04 is a revision of Standing Order 2009-07 dated July 22, 2009 and shall replace said Standing Order. MEDIA REQUESTS-CALIFORNIA RULES OF COURT, RULE 1.150 All media request are handled by the Executive Assistants1. There are two
Reviewer note: Transcribed 2026-10-15 (California T4 Merced build 2026-10-15) by eye from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-merced/docs/general/standing-order-07072026.pdf (11638206 bytes, sha256 3a64db27e5391b6e9054feb5caef786433c02e5204366a95c135937e05e1630f; the compilation “ACTIVE STANDING ORDERS 2006 to Present”, linked as “All Current Standing Orders”; 70 pages - 36 covered by scanned page images (each with a machine reading laid with it - not a card's source), 34 born-digital (one font of the juvenile competency protocol's pages draws its characters shifted)); this order the compilation's pages 16 and 17, born-digital pages: read on the page images rendered at 200 dpi (vision/img/so-p16.png to so-p17.png), transcribed with the compilation's pages 4 to 17 and checked against a RapidOCR reading of the images (at 200 dpi) and the file's own text layer for the same pages, never published: of the transcription's 2207 words, 194 6-word windows were not found in a reading, in 24 spans - 20 spans split into consecutive pieces each found (a page break, a letterhead or signature block the readings interleave, or the readings' line order) and 4 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 compilation's page stamps (“N of 70”) and, where printed, the court's seal, the letterhead's upper-right block, the signature, the running footers and the order's distribution list (cc:), never content (taken out by build/normalize_transcripts.py; the transcriber's file is kept in custody). The transcription's closing note, which describes the pages, is not published. Review note: The order sends media requests to the Executive Assistants' group mailbox; the Administrative and Media Requests page (carded) asks for the MC-500 and MC-510 filled out per Standing Order #2020-02 and e-mailed to the Executive Assistants. The order's numbering of its footnote and steps is as printed.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.