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Santa Barbara County Superior Court — Department 4 (Judge Donna D. Geck) Trial Call Order (rev. 10/04/2011)

High confidence· verified October 7, 2026Judge PreferencesDepartment 4 (Judge Donna D. Geck) Trial Call Order (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/general/trial-call-order.pdf, fetched 2026-10-07.

Summary

Department 4's order at the trial call: trial on a date certain at 9:00 am or trailing on 22 hours' notice, the subpoenaed persons ordered to return; the evidence binder table of contents, witness list, trial brief and in limine motions e-mailed to the court; the evidence binder's requirements; jury demands, CACI instructions and special instructions; the pre-trial order and the final trial estimate; and sanctions for non-compliance.

Applies to

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

Source of truth

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA STREET ADDRESS: 1100 Anacapa St MAILING ADDRESS: CITY AND ZIP CODE: Santa Barbara, CA, 93101 BRANCH NAME: PLAINTIFF: DEFENDANT: TRIAL CALL ORDER CASE NUMBER: On ________________, this case was called for Trial before the undersigned judge and THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS AND ORDERS (ONLY CHECKED BOXES APPLY): Date Certain: This case sh

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/general/trial-call-order.pdf (174698 bytes, sha256 319988b85303592d0cecd41dc7f4146e5bde28f8c6f3b1f476ac1e58ed629c70; 2 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. 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 points to the pre-trial order on the court's former site (http://www.sbcourts.org/general_info/judicial_officers/dgeck/forms.htm); the court's Judicial Assignments page links Department 4's pre-trial orders (carded).