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Orange County Superior Court — Department C25 (Hon. Gassia Apkarian): Policies and Procedures (rev. October 30, 2025)

High confidence· verified September 29, 2026Judge PreferencesDepartment C25 (Hon. Gassia Apkarian): Policies and Procedures (rev. October 30, 2025), 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/apkarianprocedures.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.

Summary

Judge Gassia Apkarian's policies and procedures for Department C25 (Central Justice Center): ex parte matters Monday through Thursday 1:30 p.m. on telephone reservation; law and motion Tuesday 10:00 a.m.; mandatory settlement conferences Thursday and Friday 8:30 a.m. before a temporary judge; trial call Monday 9:30 a.m. with trial days Monday, Wednesday and Thursday; case management, order to show cause and post-arbitration hearings Tuesday 9:30 a.m.; default prove-ups Tuesday 11:00 a.m.; issues conferences under Local Rule 317 (permitted by phone and fax); and trial procedures (electronic evidence portal, filing of trial documents, in limine motions, six-pack jury selection of 14 jurors, jury instructions and verdict forms), with the department's conduct-in-jury-trials rules.

Applies to

California > Fourth Appellate District > Orange County > Superior Court of California, County of Orange > Department C25

Source of truth

Superior Court of California County of Orange HONORABLE GASSIA APKARIAN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES - DEPARTMENT C25 CENTRAL JUSTICE CENTER 700 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE SANTA ANA, CA 92701 www.occourts.org COURTROOM TEL. NO. (657) 622-5225 Please be sure to read and be familiar with Orange County Superior Court (OCSC) Rules, Division 4. In order to facilitate the progress of your case and assure its timely

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of Orange — court website
Source health: Healthy · checked September 28, 2026
Effective date: October 30, 2025
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/C25__system__files__civil__apkarianprocedures.pdf (248049 bytes, sha256 bcfc029ab3b79d349ebeda0b8050af4b7b3253240b664527b783f2851af8d2ac; 6 pages) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): page numbers and the running footer “Rev. 10/30/25” 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 Gassia Apkarian: the document names the judicial officer, and the court's Judicial Officers page lists Judge Gassia Apkarian in Department C25. The policies refer readers to “Orange County Superior Court (OCSC) Rules, Division 4”, as printed; the civil rules are Division 3 (Division 4 is repealed).