The standing order (dated April 18, 2022; effective June 1, 2022) on criminal trial assignment: cases set for trial assignment are calendared Mondays at 8:45 a.m. in Department 9; a trial readiness conference is set in the home court two weeks before trial; counsel give electronic notice of readiness through the Criminal Readiness Notification system between 8:00 a.m. Friday and 12:00 p.m. Monday the week before trial; assignments are posted by 2:30 p.m. Tuesday; and non-compliance may lead to an order to show cause and sanctions under Code of Civil Procedure section 177.5. It rescinds SSC-20-6 and states that it supersedes Local Rules 10.52 and 10.54.
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[File stamp: FILED / ENDORSED, APR 18 2022, By P. Banks, Deputy Clerk] SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO STANDING ORDER OF THE SACRAMENTO SUPERIOR COURT No. SSC-22-4 ORDER REGARDING CRIMINAL TRIALS ASSIGNMENTS BY ORDER OF THE COURT AND EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2022, the Court’s Standing Order, SSC-20-6, AMENDED ORDER REGARDING CRIMINAL TRIALS AND PRETRIAL ASSIGNMENTS issued December 11, 2020, is rescinded and superseded by this order. This order also supersedes Local Rules 10.52 and 10.54. TRIALS 1. All cases set for criminal trial assignment shall be calendared on a Monday at 8:45 a.m. in Department 9. If Monday is a court holiday, cases shall be calendared for Tuesday of that week. 2. All cases set for criminal trial assignment must set a trial readiness conference (TRC) in their home court on Monday through Thursday, two weeks (7 to 10 court days) before the trial date. TRCs may not be set sooner than 7 court days before the trial date. 3. At the TRC, counsel must notify the Court of their readiness to begin trial. If the Court confirms the trial, the case will remain calendared for trial as previously set. If the Court grants a motion to continue the trial, parties must set new dates for TRC and trial in the home court. Only cases the Court confirms for trial at the TRC will remain on the Department 9 Trial Calendar, and be assigned out the following Tuesday to a trial department. 4. All counsel and pro per defendants shall notify the Court electronically of their readiness to begin trial within the check-in window of 8:00 a.m. on Friday, 6 court days before the trial date, and 12:00 p.m. on Monday, one week before the trial date. Counsel shall utilize the Court’s Criminal Readiness Notification system and pro per defendants shall notify the Court via email at Dept9@saccourt.ca.gov. 5. Trial assignments will be made by the judge in Department 9 by 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, the week before the trial date, and will be posted on the Sacramento Superior Court website at the following location: http://www.saccourt.ca.gov/criminal/attorney-assignments.aspx. If Monday is a court holiday, trial assignments will be made by the judge in Department 9 by 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, the week before the trial date. Attorneys are required to check the posting for their trial assignments. Failure to comply with this Standing Order may result in the Court setting an Order to Show Cause hearing and considering the imposition of sanctions under Section 177.5 of the California Code of Civil Procedure. This order shall remain in effect until such time as it may be modified or revoked. DATED: April 18, 2022 The Honorable Michael Bowman Presiding Judge of the Superior Court Standing Order of the Superior Court Number: SCC-22-4 ORDER REGARDING CRIMINAL TRIALS ASSIGNMENTS [The footer prints "SCC-22-4" for SSC-22-4. The order bears the seal of the Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento.]
[File stamp: FILED / ENDORSED, APR 18 2022, By P. Banks, Deputy Clerk] SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO STANDING ORDER OF THE SACRAMENTO SUPERIOR COURT No. SSC-22-4 ORDER REGARDING CRIMINAL TRIALS ASSIGNMENTS BY ORDER OF THE COURT AND EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2022, the Court’s Standing Order, SSC-20-6, AMENDED ORDER REGARDING CRIMINAL TRIALS AND PRETRIAL ASSIGNMENTS issued December 11, 2
Reviewer note: Transcribed 2026-10-02 (California T3 Sacramento build 2026-10-02) from BenchPath custody ca/t3/ca-sacramento/standing-orders/SSC-22-4.pdf (565530 bytes, sha256 5691669e9b131db8929d0f6ef371543b7df1f6350d183550e5bca391e915ce5a; 2 pages), a page scan whose only text is an invisible OCR layer - transcribed by eye from the rendered page images (200 dpi), every page read against its image; the file's OCR text layer served only as a second reader - every six-word window of the transcription looked up in it and every miss checked on the page; the clerk's file stamp in one bracketed line, handwritten fills in place with a closing bracketed note, the running footer transcribed once, pleading line numbers and fill marks omitted; a signature itself is not transcribed. Review note: This order (effective June 1, 2022) states that it supersedes Local Rules 10.52 and 10.54. The court later revised rule 10.52 (January 1, 2023) and rule 10.54 (January 1, 2023 and January 1, 2025), and both rules are printed in the current local rules (Chapter 10).
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.