Department 74 Trial Requirements — Hon. Blaine K. Bowman

High confidence· verified September 28, 2026Judge PreferencesDepartment 74 Trial Requirements — Hon. Blaine K. Bowman, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego; linked from the Department 74 policies document (https://www.sdcourt.ca.gov/sites/default/files/sdcourt/generalinformation/localrulesofcourt/rocdepartmentrules/policies_and_procedures_dept_74.pdf) at https://www.sdcourt.ca.gov/sites/default/files/sdcourt/generalinformation/localrulesofcourt/rocdepartmentrules/Trial_Requirements_Dept_74.pdf, fetched 2026-09-28.

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Department 74's trial requirements: the two notebooks counsel bring to the Friday trial call and the documents the joint trial notebook must contain.

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SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO Department 74 – Hon. Blaine K. Bowman TRIAL REQUIREMENTS The Court requires that counsel bring two notebooks to the Friday Trial Call. The Joint Trial Notebook must be tabbed and assembled with the following documents: 1. Table of Contents; 2. Joint Trial Readiness Report; 3. Copy of the operative pleadings; 4. Joint Witness List with a short senten

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of San Diego — local rules (Judicial Council index listing)
Source health: Healthy · checked September 28, 2026
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Last verified: September 28, 2026benchpath-ca-t3-sd-2026-09-28

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-28 (California T3 San Diego build) from BenchPath custody ca/t3/ca-san-diego/dept/companion/c29-Trial_Requirements_Dept_74.pdf (111122 bytes, sha256 013b7e868fa0a522db513d168f2dc5bdce98cd1ddb8f762b5fe93122cd19985c; 1 pages) - composed with the shared verbatim composer from the born-digital text layer; proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same characters as the text layer minus chrome) both pass. Linked from inside the Department 74 policies document (link text “Trial Requirements for Department 74”).

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