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Division 5 (Appellate Rules; issued 05/06/20; rules 500–510): briefs filed in the Appellate Division, the number of copies and electronic recording; and the Clerk's consent to electronic service of civil appellate briefs filed in the Court of Appeal, at EServiceDCAbriefs@occourts.org (Rule 510).
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LOCAL RULES – SUPERIOR COURT of CALIFORNIA, COUNTY of ORANGE DIVISION 5 APPELLATE RULES [Page 5-1 of the posted division, its table of rules with their effective dates (a finding aid), not transcribed.] Division 5 Appellate Rules CHAPTER 1 Appellate Division of the Superior Court Rule 500. Briefs Filed in the Appellate Division Briefs filed in the Appellate Division must not be bound on the left margin. Briefs must be bound at the top with one staple and no tape in the upper left hand corner. (Approved effective July 1, 2009) Rule 501. Number of Copies of Briefs An original brief and four copies must be filed in the Appellate Division. (Approved effective July 1, 2009) Rule 502. Electronic Recording Pursuant to California Rules of Court rule 8.837(d)(6)(A), 8.869(d)(6)(A), or 8.916(d)(6)(A), a judicial officer may order that the original of an official electronic recording of the court proceedings, or a copy made by the court, be transmitted to the Appellate Division as the record of oral proceedings in a limited civil, misdemeanor or infraction case without being transcribed and in lieu of correcting appellant’s proposed statement on appeal. Such order may be made when the judicial officer determines that this procedure would save court time and resources. This rule shall apply only if the appellant elects a statement on appeal as the record of oral proceedings pursuant to California Rules of Court rule 8.831(b)(4), 8.864(a)(3) or 8.915(a). Rule 502 adopted effective July 1, 2012. CHAPTER 2 Court of Appeal Proceedings Rule 510: Civil Appellate Brief Electronic Service Effective January 1, 2019, the Clerk of Court of the Orange County Superior Court consents to accept electronic service of briefs filed in the Court of Appeal if the brief is required to be served on the trial court pursuant to California Rules of Court, rule 8.212 (civil appeals) and the document is otherwise authorized to be served by mail, express mail, overnight delivery, or fax transmission. Electronic service of such appellate briefs must be served at EServiceDCAbriefs@occourts.org. The subject line of the email must identify the name of the judicial officer to be served and the judge’s department. (For example, “Subject: Judge Nathan Scott Department C-12.”) The text of the email must identify the case name, the trial court case number, the title of the document being served, and the serving party’s name and email address. The briefs attached to the email must be in pdf format and must not exceed 5MB. The Clerk and Court do not consent to accept electronic service of any other documents, including briefs that must be personally served or that relate to writ petitions. Any emails that do not comply with these rules will be automatically returned to the sender. (Revised effective May 6, 2020, effective January 1, 2019.)
LOCAL RULES – SUPERIOR COURT of CALIFORNIA, COUNTY of ORANGE DIVISION 5 APPELLATE RULES [Page 5-1 of the posted division, its table of rules with their effective dates (a finding aid), not transcribed.] Division 5 Appellate Rules CHAPTER 1 Appellate Division of the Superior Court Rule 500. Briefs Filed in the Appellate Division Briefs filed in the Appellate Division must not be bound on the left m
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Division XI: information forms for data processing (Rule 11.2); required action - action taken on all calendared cases and a future date always set (Rule 11.19); and pro tem judges - an attorney named as a plaintiff in a civil or small claims case may not sit as a judge pro-tem during the case or within six months following its resolution, nor one named as a defendant in two or more such cases (Rule 11.22). Rules 11.1, 11.3 to 11.5, 11.7 to 11.18, 11.20 and 11.21 are repealed, and Rule 11.6 (voluntary arbitration; see Local Rule 10.2) was repealed and renumbered.
Duval County's indigent-defense and magistration rules under the Texas Fair Defense Act (S.B. 7): who may be booked into the county jail and on what paper; arrest-case numbering; presentment to a magistrate within 48 hours (art. 15.16); the magistrate's warnings, counsel inquiry, interpreter duty, indigence determination and appointment of counsel within 24 hours of a request; the alternative appointment plan under art. 26.04(g)-(h) with annual applications, seven attorney categories (capital, first and second degree, third degree/state jail/misdemeanor, competency, appeals, post-conviction, extradition), CLE and experience standards, random rotation within each category, written acceptance within 48 hours, first contact by the end of the next working day, replacement and suspension of counsel, fee applications within five days of completing services and the compensation attachment ($500 pleas; $175/$150 hourly; $1,400 per jury-trial day; appellate caps); bail schedules by offense class with a personal bond office (fee $20 or 3%), pre-trial supervision and revocation hearings within two working days; arraignment settings and notice; repeal of conflicting rules.