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Judge Layne H. Melzer's standing order for all complex cases assigned to him (Department CX102), which the initiating party must serve: the department's posted policies apply; case management and status conferences (the meet-and-confer subjects and the contents of the Joint Initial Case Management Conference Report); discovery disputes and informal discovery conferences; class actions and PAGA representative actions (discovery, trial management plans, settlements and dismissals); and filing and lodging documents under seal.
California > Fourth Appellate District > Orange County > Superior Court of California, County of Orange > Department CX102
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE CIVIL COMPLEX CENTER _________________________________, Case No. ____________________________ Plaintiff(s) STANDING ORDER FOR COMPLEX v. CASES ASSIGNED TO JUDGE MELZER _________________________________, Dept. CX102 Defendant(s) This Standing Order applies to all cases assigned to Judge Layne H. Melzer. The party initiating any action assig
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-29 (California T3 Orange build 2026-09-29) from BenchPath custody ca/t3/ca-orange/dept/CX102__system__files__civil__civilremotehearinrules.pdf (280815 bytes, sha256 d769c4c7a442d89a192f2f38b38368e8b1afc8baae89adcb987443257927f046; 7 pages) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): page numbers and the running footers “1 (Rev. 4/23/25)”, “2 (Rev. 4/23/25)”, “3 (Rev. 4/23/25)” 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 Layne H. Melzer: the document names the judicial officer, and the court's Judicial Officers page lists Judge Layne H. Melzer in Department CX102.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.
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