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Santa Barbara County Superior Court — Department 4 (Judge Donna D. Geck) Pre-Trial Order: Civil Jury (rev 10/04/2011)

High confidence· verified October 7, 2026Judge PreferencesDepartment 4 (Judge Donna D. Geck) Pre-Trial Order: Civil Jury (rev 10/04/2011), Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara; posted on the court's Judicial Assignments page (https://www.santabarbara.courts.ca.gov/general-information/judicial-assignments) at https://www.santabarbara.courts.ca.gov/system/files/forms-and-filings/ptociviljury.pdf, fetched 2026-10-07.

Summary

Department 4's pre-trial order for civil jury trials: six (6) peremptory challenges a party and challenges for alternates, the six-pack procedure, alternate jurors, voir dire, daily jury fees, jury instructions, witness lists and the evidence binders within eighteen (18) hours, the statement of the case, deposition transcripts, time estimates, the order of proof and of closing argument, court etiquette, objections, court hours (Monday through Thursday 9:00 a.m. to noon and 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.), witnesses, recordings, interpreters and Wheeler/Batson.

Applies to

California > Second Appellate District > Santa Barbara County > Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara > Anacapa Division, Department 4

Source of truth

dgeck@sbcourts.org; SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA [ Plaintiff[s], vs. Defendant[s]. AND CROSS COMPLAINT Case No.: [ PRE-TRIAL ORDER TRIAL DATE: [ IT IS ORDERED that: Peremptory challenges. The number of peremptory challenges shall be: Party: [, six (6) peremptory challenges Party: [, six (6) peremptory challenges In addition, each side shall have additio

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara — court website
Source health: Healthy · checked September 28, 2026
Effective date: October 4, 2011
Last verified: October 7, 2026benchpath-ca-t4-santa-barbara-2026-10-07

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-07 (California T4 Santa Barbara build 2026-10-07) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-santa-barbara/docs/forms-and-filings/ptociviljury.pdf (184696 bytes, sha256 e1f4cc2d00555d883e00bef6417b71603b2bda21c6633ac394a4e22ef6502d1d; 6 pages) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): page marks and running headers or footers removed as chrome (a running header or footer kept once where it names or dates the document); 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 pleading caption set cell by cell (its column of “)” left out as chrome). Attached to Judge Donna D. Geck: the document is for Dept. 4 of the Anacapa Division, where the court's Judicial Assignments page seats Judge Donna D. Geck and its Superior Court Organization & Locations page lists the officer in that division. Review note: The order is marked “Rev 10/04/2011” and cites People v Gutierrez (2017), a later decision. Its caption, a pleading caption with blanks, is set cell by cell.