Riverside County Superior Court — Department 5 Rules (Hon. Sophia Choi; last modified October 2, 2025)

High confidence· verified October 2, 2026Judge PreferencesDepartment 5 Rules (Hon. Sophia Choi; last modified October 2, 2025), Superior Court of California, County of Riverside; posted on the court's website at https://www.riverside.courts.ca.gov/system/files/2025-10/Department%205%20Rules.pdf, fetched 2026-10-02.

Summary

Department 5's rules (Judge Sophia Choi): civility and general decorum; ex parte applications; counsel appearing for a limited purpose; law and motion (tentative rulings and discovery motions); case management, trial setting and status conferences; orders to show cause; and trials (pre-trial filings, the trial schedule, trial call and mediation, motions in limine, visual aids in opening statement and closing argument, witnesses, experts and conduct during trial).

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California > Fourth Appellate District > Riverside County > Superior Court of California, County of Riverside > Department 5

Source of truth

Riverside County – Historic Department 5 Judge Sophia Choi DEPARTMENT 5 RULES General Orders Unless otherwise directed by written order or stated on the record in open court, the following procedures apply to all matters assigned to Department 5. The term “counsel” includes any self-represented party. Noncompliance with these procedures may result in sanctions, including those authorized under Cod

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of Riverside — court website
Source health: Pending verification · checked September 28, 2026
Effective date: October 2, 2025
Last verified: October 2, 2026benchpath-ca-t3-riverside-2026-10-02

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-02 (California T3 Riverside build 2026-10-02) from BenchPath custody ca/t3/ca-riverside/docs/dept/Department_5_Rules.pdf (171348 bytes, sha256 8019fa8cc49a7ff3f20013131f3a9aa4b414f26fe14f43e7b76518a5f8cc5027; 11 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 Sophia Choi: the document names the department and its judge, and the court's Judicial Directory (updated 9/15/26) places Judge Sophia Choi in Department 5.

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