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Orange County Superior Court — Department W8 (Hon. Sheila O. Recio): Policies and Procedures (rev. September 21, 2023)

High confidence· verified September 29, 2026Judge PreferencesDepartment W8 (Hon. Sheila O. Recio): Policies and Procedures (rev. September 21, 2023), 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/recio/procedures.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.

Summary

Judge Sheila O. Recio's policies for Department W8 (West Justice Center): calendars (trial call Monday 8:45 a.m. with trials Tuesday through Thursday; order to show cause, review, default and debtor examinations Monday 9:00 a.m.; small claims appeals Monday 1:30 p.m.; ex parte Monday through Thursday 1:30 p.m.; settlement conferences Friday 9:00 a.m.; law and motion Friday 9:30 a.m.); civil court reporters; evidentiary proceedings in person; non-evidentiary proceedings (trial call by online check-in, remote appearances encouraged); ex parte applications (reservation by noon the court day before; highly disfavored); law and motion and tentative rulings; signatures; and public access.

Applies to

California > Fourth Appellate District > Orange County > Superior Court of California, County of Orange > Department W8

Source of truth

DEPARTMENT POLICIES & PROCEDURES HON. SHEILA O. RECIO Dept. W8 (Revised 9/21/2023) West Justice Center Clerk: Shannon Castillo 8141 13th Street 657-622-5908 Westminster, CA 92683 CALENDERS: Trial Call M (8:45 am) Trial Days T-W-Th (9:00 am – 4:15 pm) OSC/Review/Default/Debtor Exams M (9:00 am) CMCs/Status Conferences M (10:00 am) Small Claims Appeals M (1:30 pm) Ex Partes M-T-W-Th (1:30 pm) MSCs F

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of Orange — court website
Source health: Healthy · checked September 28, 2026
Effective date: September 21, 2023
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/W8__directory__civil__limited-unlimited-civil__calendars__civil__genpolicy__recio__procedures.pdf (261875 bytes, sha256 e27fbdb473368663fd88b6cee6dd82ef019dd1fa16ed211bc9c7c23065ecd68c; 3 pages) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): page numbers 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 Sheila O. Recio: the document names the judicial officer, and the court's Judicial Officers page lists Judge Sheila O. Recio in Department W8.