Judge Erin Rowe's trial expectations and pretrial orders for Department CM03 (Costa Mesa Justice Complex): expectations of counsel and self-represented parties (the Orange County Bar Association Civility Guidelines); pretrial documents filed five court days before trial under Local Rule 317, and joint exhibit, witness, stipulated-fact and controverted-issue lists delivered by the Monday before trial; motions in limine; in-person trials; witnesses; objections; exhibits; transcripts; deposition transcripts; trial schedule and time estimates; consequences of noncompliance.
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SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF ORANGE COSTA MESA JUSTICE COMPLEX TRIAL EXPECTATIONS AND PRETRIAL ORDERS Judge Erin Rowe Department CM03 TO ALL ATTORNEYS AND SELF-REPRESENTED PARTIES ASSIGNED FOR TRIAL IN DEPARTMENT CM03 The trial court has inherent and statutory discretion to control the proceedings to ensure the effective administration of justice. (People v. Gonzalez (2006) 38 Cal.4th 9
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-29 (California T3 Orange build 2026-09-29) from BenchPath custody ca/t3/ca-orange/docs/cm03_standing_order.pdf (825560 bytes, sha256 d6c3b4102cdd9fc0f1fee7d92a472f582888a157985d2d9a7a38c94944b1170d; 4 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. The order is signed without a printed name under the signature. Attached to Judge Erin Rowe: the document names the judicial officer, and the court's Judicial Officers page lists Judge Erin Rowe in Department CM03.
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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