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Orange County Superior Court — Department N17 (Hon. Craig L. Griffin): General and Trial Procedures (rev. March 12, 2024)

High confidence· verified September 29, 2026Judge PreferencesDepartment N17 (Hon. Craig L. Griffin): General and Trial Procedures (rev. March 12, 2024), Superior Court of California, County of Orange; linked from the court's Department N17 page (https://www.occourts.org/n17_procedures), which the court's Unlimited Civil Courtroom Schedule & Requirements web application (https://voypubapps.occourts.org/civil-calendar) links as the department's General Policies and Procedures, at https://www.occourts.org/system/files/civil/griffinprocedures.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.

Summary

Judge Craig L. Griffin's general and trial procedures for Department N17 (North Justice Center): pandemic-era modifications and remote versus in-person proceedings; calendar (trial call Monday 9:00 a.m. with trials Tuesday through Thursday — counsel bring their own court reporters; law and motion Monday 2:00 p.m.; case management, order to show cause, post-arbitration, review and default prove-up hearings Friday 9:30 a.m.; settlement conferences Friday 9:00 a.m.; ex parte Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m.; judgment debtor hearings Friday 11:00 a.m.); general procedures (stipulations in Word; case management and settlement conference statements; post-arbitration continuances; tentative rulings; priority requests); trial procedures (six-pack jury selection); and the department's ex parte and law-and-motion information sheets.

Applies to

California > Fourth Appellate District > Orange County > Superior Court of California, County of Orange > Department N17

Source of truth

Superior Court of California County of Orange County HONORABLE CRAIG L. GRIFFIN DEPARTMENT N17 CLERK: Lenora Silva COURT ATTENDANT: Emma Segura NORTH JUSTICE CENTER 1275 N. BERKLEY AVE FULLERTON, CA 92832 (657) 622-5617 www.occourts.org COVID-19 PANDEMIC UPDATES 1. Modifications of Policies and Procedures: Some of the following policies and procedures may be modified due to the COVID-19 pandemic (

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of Orange — court website
Source health: Healthy · checked September 28, 2026
Effective date: March 12, 2024
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/N17__system__files__civil__griffinprocedures.pdf (488397 bytes, sha256 a52b8ae3676e83b6528449a19d27305a325b688153efea018ee3a27719834789; 9 pages) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): page numbers and the running footer “Revised 3.12.2024” 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. Page 8: the department's exhibit list form, not transcribed; page 9 is blank except for the footer “Revised 3.12.2024”; a bracketed note in the text says so. Attached to Judge Craig L. Griffin: the document names the judicial officer, and the court's Judicial Officers page lists Judge Craig L. Griffin in Department N17.