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Orange County Superior Court — Department C28 (Hon. Thomas S. McConville): General Policies and Procedures (rev. December 11, 2025)

High confidence· verified September 29, 2026Judge PreferencesDepartment C28 (Hon. Thomas S. McConville): General Policies and Procedures (rev. December 11, 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/directory/civil/limited-unlimited-civil/calendars/civil/genpolicy/McConville/mconvilleprocedures.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.

Summary

Judge Thomas S. McConville's general policies and procedures for Department C28 (Central Justice Center): remote appearances and public access (remote for nonevidentiary hearings, including law and motion); calendar (order to show cause, case management and review hearings Monday 9:00 a.m.; settlement conferences Friday 8:30 a.m.; debtor examinations Friday 9:00 a.m.; default prove-ups and small claims appeals Friday 9:30 a.m.; law and motion Monday 2:00 p.m.; trials Tuesday through Thursday; ex parte Monday through Thursday 1:30 p.m. on reservation by noon the day before); general procedures (stipulations submitted as one Word document); 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 C28

Source of truth

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE JUDGE THOMAS S. McCONVILLE DEPARTMENT C28 CLERK: Beronica Sadorra bsadorra@occourts.org COURT ATTENDANT: William Pyo CENTRAL JUSTICE CENTER 700 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE SANTA ANA, CA 92701 (657) 622-5228 www.occourts.org ACCESS AND REMOTE APPEARANCES Remote Appearances and Public Access: For all nonevidentiary hearings, including law and motion, remote appea

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of Orange — court website
Source health: Healthy · checked September 28, 2026
Effective date: December 11, 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/C28__directory__civil__limited-unlimited-civil__calendars__civil__genpolicy__McConville__mconvilleprocedures.pdf (442937 bytes, sha256 3ec18bed6bcdb48268adeb2be90ca6f37d7434889f618d1238b4e25f1744dccf; 18 pages) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): page numbers and the running footer “(rev. 12/11/25)” 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. Pages 13–18: the forms attached to the policies (Joint Exhibit List, Single Party 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 Thomas S. McConville: the document names the judicial officer, and the court's Judicial Officers page lists Judge Thomas S. McConville in Department C28.