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Orange County Superior Court — Department C10 (Hon. R. Shawn Nelson): General Policies and Procedures (rev. July 13, 2026)

High confidence· verified September 29, 2026Judge PreferencesDepartment C10 (Hon. R. Shawn Nelson): General Policies and Procedures (rev. July 13, 2026), Superior Court of California, County of Orange; linked from the court's Unlimited Civil Courtroom Schedule & Requirements web application (https://voypubapps.occourts.org/civil-calendar), at https://www.occourts.org/system/files/civil/nelsonprocedures.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.

Summary

Judge R. Shawn Nelson's general policies and procedures for Department C10 (Central Justice Center): calendar (order to show cause hearings, case management conferences and review hearings Thursday 9:00 a.m.; settlement conferences Friday 8:30 a.m.; default prove-ups Thursday 10:00 a.m.; law and motion Thursday 1:30 p.m. by online reservation; trials Monday through Wednesday; ex parte applications Monday through Thursday 1:30 p.m. on reservation by noon the day before); general procedures (the civil rules, civility, court reporters, the Local Rule 315 meet and confer, case management and settlement conferences, continuances); ex parte applications; law and motion; and trial procedures, with the department's conduct-in-trials rules and trial forms.

Applies to

California > Fourth Appellate District > Orange County > Superior Court of California, County of Orange > Department C10

Source of truth

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE JUDGE R. SHAWN NELSON DEPARTMENT C10 CLERK: W. Clark COURT ATTENDANT: A. Guerena CENTRAL JUSTICE CENTER 700 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE SANTA ANA, CA 92701 (657) 622-5219 www.occourts.org I. GENERAL CALENDAR INFORMATION A. Order to Show Cause Hearings: Thursday at 9:00 a.m. B. Case Management Conferences: Thursday at 9:00 a.m. C. Settlement Conferences: Friday

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of Orange — court website
Source health: Healthy · checked September 28, 2026
Effective date: July 13, 2026
Last verified: September 29, 2026benchpath-ca-t3-orange-2026-09-29

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-29 (California T3 Orange build 2026-09-29) from BenchPath custody ca/t3/ca-orange/dept/C10__system__files__civil__nelsonprocedures.pdf (332185 bytes, sha256 cdce4a63fde0354213d7f84a84a40f5b428ac38e650c7aef8c43ed87e3309d01; 17 pages) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): page numbers and the running footer “(rev. 7/13/2026)” removed as chrome, lines reflowed into the document's paragraphs; proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) both pass. Pages 12–17: the forms attached to the policies (Joint Exhibit List, exhibit tags, Statement of Compliance, Procedural Stipulations, Joint List of Anticipated Witness Trial Testimony), not transcribed; a bracketed note in the text says so. Attached to Judge R. Shawn Nelson: the document names the judicial officer, and the court's Judicial Officers page lists Judge R. Shawn Nelson in Department C10.