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Riverside County Superior Court — Department PS1 Law & Motion/Case Management Rules (Hon. Arthur C. Hester; effective July 1, 2026)

High confidence· verified October 2, 2026Judge PreferencesDepartment PS1 Law & Motion/Case Management Rules (Hon. Arthur C. Hester; effective July 1, 2026), Superior Court of California, County of Riverside; posted on the court's website at https://www.riverside.courts.ca.gov/system/files/2026-06/Department%20PS1%20Law%20%26%20Motion%20Rules_0.pdf, fetched 2026-10-02.

Summary

Department PS1's law and motion and case management rules, effective July 1, 2026: hearing times; law and motion tentative rulings; ex parte applications; counsel appearing for a limited purpose; court reporters for law and motion and continued hearings; case management conferences, trial setting conferences, status conferences and orders to show cause; video appearances for regularly noticed law and motion matters; informal discovery conferences on joint request or by court order; alternative dispute resolution (voluntary settlement conferences, the First Friday Settlement Conference Program and mandatory settlement conferences); and reaching the courtroom assistant.

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California > Fourth Appellate District > Riverside County > Superior Court of California, County of Riverside > Department PS1

Source of truth

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE LAW & MOTION/CASE MANAGEMENT RULES Department PS1 (Effective July 1, 2026) **Department Rules subject to changes and/or updates given the ever-changing availability of resources. 1. Hearing Times. Unless otherwise indicated, the law and motion/case management (FastTrack) calendar in Department PS1 will begin at 8:30 a.m. Please check in with the co

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of Riverside — court website
Source health: Pending verification · checked September 28, 2026
Effective date: July 1, 2026
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_PS1_Law_Motion_Rules_0.pdf (273511 bytes, sha256 e279f087fe1f390ad9f69c3f52717c43df8fecfcc2c9f408c462c516c75bd318; 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 Arthur C. Hester: the document names the department and its judge, and the court's Judicial Directory (updated 9/15/26) places Judge Arthur C. Hester in Department PS1.