San Bernardino County Superior Court — Department S-17 - Zoom Appearances

High confidence· verified October 7, 2026Remote / Zoom HearingsDepartment S-17 - Zoom Appearances, Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino; posted on the court's website at https://sanbernardino.courts.ca.gov/system/files/general/s17zoomappearances.pdf, fetched 2026-10-03.

Summary

Department S-17's Zoom appearance rules (Judge Joseph Ortiz): since January 9, 2023 the court provides no official court reporter, so parties retain their own and submit a stipulation; remote appearances by CourtCall or Zoom except for settlement conferences, trial and contested evidentiary hearings; and the Zoom appearance guidelines (sufficient technology, logging on at least 15 minutes early, identification, etiquette and waiver of review).

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Source of truth

ZOOM APPEARANCES Judge Joseph Ortiz, Dept. S-17 ATTENTION: As of January 9, 2023, the court no longer provides an official Court Reporter to transcribe proceedings. Parties who wish to have a transcript must retain their own private reporter and must submit a “Stipulation and Order to Use Certified Shorthand Reporter.” Please contact the Department if you need this form. Prior to the hearing, you

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino — court website
Source health: Healthy · checked September 28, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: October 7, 2026benchpath-ca-t4-san-bernardino-2026-10-07

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-07 (California T4 San Bernardino build 2026-10-07) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-san-bernardino/docs/general/s17zoomappearances.pdf (537590 bytes, sha256 1dea62082eaee4723922600581cd22f56bd410b6b429b0f50d3f226babfc3b81; 1 page) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): page marks and running headers 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 Joseph T. Ortiz: the document is Department S17's, and the court's Schedule of Assignments (effective October 1, 2026) places Judge Joseph T. Ortiz in Department S17.

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