Department 4's pre-trial and trial orders (Daniel A. Ottolia, Judge, Riverside Historic Courthouse), applying in all trials set in the department unless otherwise ordered: ex parte applications and orders shortening time; pre-trial compliance with the court's local rules; orders for all trials; and orders for all jury trials.
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Riverside Historic Courthouse Department 4 Daniel A. Ottolia, Judge Pre-trial and Trial Orders Unless contrary orders are made by written order or on the record in open court, the following orders apply in all trials set in Department 4. References to “counsel” include self-represented parties. Failure to comply with these orders may subject parties and/or counsel to sanctions, including sanctions
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-02 (California T3 Riverside build 2026-10-02) from BenchPath custody ca/t3/ca-riverside/docs/dept/d4_trialrules_0.pdf (164368 bytes, sha256 5e6b905be8185b7723c2cfe7bf64bed25eddac22d9cd0faf2a67d1270559b709; 3 pages) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): page marks and running footers 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) pass. Attached to Judge Daniel A. Ottolia: the document names the department and its judge, and the court's Judicial Directory (updated 9/15/26) places Judge Daniel A. Ottolia in Department 4.
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