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Orange County Superior Court — Department C32 (Hon. Lee L. Gabriel): Policies and Procedures

High confidence· verified September 29, 2026Judge PreferencesDepartment C32 (Hon. Lee L. Gabriel): Policies and Procedures, 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?file=civil/gabrielprocedures.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.

Summary

Judge Lee L. Gabriel's policies for Department C32 (Central Justice Center): calendar (jury and court trials Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 9:00 a.m.; law and motion Tuesday 9:00 a.m.; order to show cause, case management, settlement conferences and trial call Friday 9:00 a.m.; post-arbitration and review hearings Friday 9:00 a.m.; default prove-ups Tuesday 1:30 p.m.; ex parte Monday through Thursday 1:30 p.m. on reservation by 10:00 a.m. the day before); ex parte applications (written oppositions; ruled on by minute order); law and motion (reservations, tentative rulings by 3:00 p.m. the day before, taking motions off calendar); and trial procedures.

Applies to

California > Fourth Appellate District > Orange County > Superior Court of California, County of Orange > Department C32

Source of truth

Superior Court of California County of Orange County JUDGE LEE L. GABRIEL DEPARTMENT C32 Clerk: Denise Hentschke Court Attendant: Rebecca Lau Central Justice Center 700 Civic Center Drive West Santa Ana, CA 92701 (657) 622-5232 www.occourts.org Remember your statutory duty: “all parties shall cooperate in bringing the action to trial or other disposition.” (Code Civ. Proc., § 583.130.) “The policy

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of Orange — court website
Source health: Healthy · checked September 28, 2026
Effective date: —
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/C32__civil__gabrielprocedures.pdf (266201 bytes, sha256 9585f65044daf9432e39d9cb6be8122d43c70920173ec1b4ca77ab5116fd77de; 8 pages) - the court's own posted PDF, a scan: transcribed by eye from the rendered page images, every page read against the image; a local machine reading (RapidOCR) served only as a second reader for a word-level diff, every difference classified and checked on the page; every quotation mark, apostrophe and dash checked in full-resolution crops; file stamps, handwritten dates and pages not transcribed are recorded in bracketed notes; printed irregularities are kept as printed. Attached to Judge Lee L. Gabriel: the document names the judicial officer, and the court's Judicial Officers page lists Judge Lee L. Gabriel in Department C32.