Orange County Superior Court — Department C16 (Hon. Carmen R.… — CA · BenchPath

Orange County Superior Court — Department C16 (Hon. Carmen R. Luege): Policies and Procedures (updated August 17, 2026)

High confidence· verified September 29, 2026Judge PreferencesDepartment C16 (Hon. Carmen R. Luege): Policies and Procedures (updated August 17, 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/luegeprocedures.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.

Summary

Judge Carmen R. Luege's policies for Department C16 (Central Justice Center): continuances (no telephone continuances; one law-and-motion continuance by written stipulation; trial continuances under Code of Civil Procedure section 595.2); remote and in-person proceedings under Local Rule 375 (settlement conferences remote at 8:30 a.m., evidentiary proceedings in person) and media and public access; calendar (trials Monday through Wednesday; settlement conferences Thursday 8:30 a.m.; Friday 8:30 a.m. conferences and prove-ups and 10:00 a.m. law and motion; ex parte applications Monday, Wednesday and Friday 1:30 p.m.); ex parte procedures (reservation and notice by 10:00 a.m. the court day before; papers by noon; oppositions by 4:00 p.m.); law and motion and tentative rulings; and trial procedures.

Applies to

California > Fourth Appellate District > Orange County > Superior Court of California, County of Orange > Department C16

Source of truth

Superior Court of California County of Orange Judge Carmen R. Luege DEPARTMENT C16 CENTRAL JUSTICE CENTER 700 Civic Center Drive SANTA ANA, CA 92701 (657) 622-5216 Updated: August 17, 2026 www.occourts.org To help us process your case and paperwork faster, please limit telephone calls to the court. Most questions can be answered by referring to the relevant California Codes, California Rules of Co

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of Orange — court website
Source health: Healthy · checked September 28, 2026
Effective date: August 17, 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/C16__system__files__civil__luegeprocedures.pdf (234676 bytes, sha256 17ab4986c35f182455dee722482a59c31d316ddcf994b6f4dbb0870d79527e2e; 7 pages) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): page numbers 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. Attached to Judge Carmen R. Luege: the document names the judicial officer, and the court's Judicial Officers page lists Judge Carmen R. Luege in Department C16.