San Bernardino County Superior Court — Department S23 - Requirements for Trial

High confidence· verified October 7, 2026Judge PreferencesDepartment S23 - Requirements for Trial, Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino; posted on the court's website at https://sanbernardino.courts.ca.gov/system/files/civil/s23trialrules.docx, fetched 2026-10-03.

Summary

Department S23's requirements for trial (Judge Donald Alvarez): the items submitted by e-file, with a courtesy copy, when the case is assigned to trial and not before (motions in limine, joint witness and exhibit lists, exhibits in 3-ring binders, proposed CACI instructions, the joint statement of the case, any special verdict form and the trial brief); the parties' court reporter, with realtime required for trial; and the sua sponte rulings for trial (witness notice, exclusion of witnesses, and no reference to settlement, insurance, other claims or a party's wealth without permission).

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California > Fourth Appellate District > San Bernardino County > Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino > Department S23

Source of truth

REQUIREMENTS FOR TRIAL SAN BERNARDINO SUPERIOR COURT - DEPARTMENT S23 JUDGE DONALD ALVAREZ AT TIME OF READINESS CALENDAR ALL OF THE ITEMS BELOW ARE TO BE SUBMITTED WITH THE COURT UPON THE CASE BEING ASSIGNED TO TRIAL, NOT BEFORE. (Must be submitted by efile, and a courtesy copy delivered to the department) 1. MOTIONS IN LIMINE, in writing, if any. PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE ORDERS TO BE SIGNED. 2. JOIN

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/civil/s23trialrules.docx (19211 bytes, sha256 da3e168ea8a85c2823116a2a5774358707f23af5086ab06ea64b0ae3838ecf79) with the Word-document reader (build/docx_compose.py; Word is never opened): the body's paragraphs, tables and text boxes in document order; the proof (every character of the document body accounted for) passes. Attached to Judge Donald R. Alvarez: the document is Department S23's, and the court's Schedule of Assignments (effective October 1, 2026) places Judge Donald R. Alvarez in Department S23.

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