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San Mateo County Superior Court — Department 20 (Judge Michael L. Mau) Pre-Trial Order No. 1

High confidence· verified October 8, 2026Judge PreferencesDepartment 20 (Judge Michael L. Mau) Pre-Trial Order No. 1, Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo; posted on the court's Department Info of Judge Michael L. Mau page (https://sanmateo.courts.ca.gov/divisions/civil-division/civil-department-judges/department-info-judge-michael-l-mau) at https://sanmateo.courts.ca.gov/system/files/civil/dept-20-ptc-order.pdf, fetched 2026-10-08.

Summary

Department 20's Pre-Trial Order No. 1 for court and jury trials: serve (but not file) proposed motions in limine, jury instructions, verdict forms, witness lists and exhibit lists at least 42 days before the Pretrial Conference; meet and confer at least 35 days before; file and serve motions in limine (oppositions due 7 days later) at least 21 days before; the trial brief, the joint pretrial conference statement and one binder at least 14 days before; the Pretrial Conference at least 14 days before the Trial Date; at least four (4) sets of trial exhibits in binders and on a thumb drive at least 7 days before the Trial Date; in all Unlawful Detainer cases the pre-trial requirements due at the joint pre-trial conference and trial date; then motions in limine, witness lists, trial exhibits and the meet and confer.

Applies to

California > First Appellate District > San Mateo County > Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo > Department 20

Source of truth

Order by the Court IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO ____________________, Plaintiff, vs. ____________________, Defendants. Case No. ____________________ PRE-TRIAL ORDER NO. 1 ASSIGNED FOR ALL PURPOSES TO JUDGE MICHAEL L. MAU, DEPT. 20 ACTION FILED: _ ____________ PTC DATE: _ ____________ MSC DATE: ____________ TRIAL DATE: ____________ WHEREAS the

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo — court website
Source health: Healthy · checked September 28, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: October 8, 2026benchpath-ca-t4-san-mateo-2026-10-08

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-08 (California T4 San Mateo build 2026-10-08) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-san-mateo/docs/civil/dept-20-ptc-order.pdf (300393 bytes, sha256 0a85a6335833140f8a70e4fe2166af156b26b763cc1d5b502527bbcfba031708; 12 pages) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): page marks and running headers or 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. Documented settings (whitespace-only or same-character changes; the proofs hold): the deadline table, a ruled table, set cell by cell (tables=True), its numbered requirements and its “Trial Brief (10-page limit)” line each on its own line; the running footer (“Pretrial Order – Dept. 20” and its page number) removed; the signature's last line and “APPENDIX A”, joined across the page break, set apart, and the exhibit tag's checkbox lines and its “Clerk of the Superior Court” line set on their own lines (18 whitespace fixes); the pleading caption set cell by cell (a same-character fix), the court's two centred lines set on two lines. Attached to Judge Michael L. Mau: the card is Department 20's, where the court's Directory of Judges (effective August 3, 2026) seats Judge Michael L. Mau.