Santa Clara Superior Court — Department 3 (Hon. Panteha E. Saban): Orders Regarding Courtroom and Trial Conduct and Civil Trial Procedures

High confidence· verified September 28, 2026Judge PreferencesDepartment 3 (Hon. Panteha E. Saban): Orders Regarding Courtroom and Trial Conduct and Civil Trial Procedures, Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara; linked from the court's page https://santaclara.courts.ca.gov/divisions/civil-division/civil-trial-judges at https://santaclara.courts.ca.gov/system/files/civil/dept-3-ctj.pdf, fetched 2026-09-28.

Summary

Judge Panteha E. Saban's orders regarding courtroom and trial conduct (general conduct, pre-trial matters, jury selection, exhibits and presentation of evidence) and her civil trial procedures for Department 3 (pre-trial conference and submissions, court reporters, motions in limine, jury instructions, statement of the case and voir dire, witnesses, exhibits, closing argument, jury deliberations and after trial), with the department's jury panel questionnaire.

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California > Sixth Appellate District > Santa Clara County > Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara > Department 3

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ORDERS REGARDING COURTROOM AND TRIAL CONDUCT General Conduct All trial participants shall maintain and promote order and dignity in the courtroom by conducting themselves in a dignified, courteous, respectful way. Compliance with this order includes, but is not limited to, the following: a. Objections, statements, and legal arguments are made while standing and are addressed to the court, not to o

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara — court website
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Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-28 (California T3 Santa Clara build 2026-09-28) from BenchPath custody ca/t3/ca-santa-clara/divdocs/dept-3-ctj.pdf (294226 bytes, sha256 9f0265e88cb9893be268748e14ef662e7cf779e6a144a85d461ca6c4ba75fecd; 10 pages) with the shared verbatim composer: pleading line numbers, page numbers, running headers and 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) both pass. The orders' signature line prints “DATED: March ___, 2025” with the day left blank; the civil trial procedures that follow carry no date.

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