Santa Cruz County Superior Court — Civil Hard Matters — CA · BenchPath

Santa Cruz County Superior Court — Civil Hard Matters

High confidence· verified October 7, 2026Motion CalendarCivil Hard Matters, Superior Court of California, County of Santa Cruz; posted on the court's Scheduling a Hearing for Civil & Probate page (the court's website) at https://www.santacruz.courts.ca.gov/sites/default/files/pdfs/Hard%20Matters_0.pdf, fetched 2026-10-07.

Summary

The court's list of civil hard matters (01/01/20; printed “Adopted for INTERNAL USE”): summary judgment and adjudication, demurrers, motions to strike and SLAP motions, reconsideration, motions to tax costs or attorney fees, discovery motions (to compel answers, production and depositions, to re-open discovery, protective orders and admissions), motions for protective order, judgment on the pleadings, motions to quash, for change of venue, to compel arbitration and to expunge lis pendens, petitions for writ of mandate, preliminary injunctions, and motions to certify a class action.

Applies to

California > Sixth Appellate District > Santa Cruz County > Superior Court of California, County of Santa Cruz

Requirement

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ CIVIL HARD MATTERS • SUMMARY JUDGMENT/ADJUDICATION • DEMURRER • MOTION TO STRIKE, SLAP MOTION • MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION • MOTION TO TAX COSTS OR TAX ATTY FEES • DISCOVERY MOTIONS o COMPEL ANSWERS, o PRODUCTION, DEPOSITION, o RE-OPEN DISCOVERY, o PROTECTIVE ORDER, o ADMISSIONS, ETC. • MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER • JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS • MOTION TO QUASH • MOTION FOR CHANGE OF VENUE • MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION • MOTION TO EXPUNGE LIS PENDENS • PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDATE • PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION • MOTION TO CERTIFY AS CLASS ACTION Adopted for INTERNAL USE Superior Court of Santa Cruz County 01/01/20 CIVIL HARD MATTERS

Source of truth

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ CIVIL HARD MATTERS • SUMMARY JUDGMENT/ADJUDICATION • DEMURRER • MOTION TO STRIKE, SLAP MOTION • MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION • MOTION TO TAX COSTS OR TAX ATTY FEES • DISCOVERY MOTIONS o COMPEL ANSWERS, o PRODUCTION, DEPOSITION, o RE-OPEN DISCOVERY, o PROTECTIVE ORDER, o ADMISSIONS, ETC. • MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER • JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS • MOT

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of Santa Cruz — court website
Source health: Healthy · checked September 28, 2026
Effective date: January 1, 2020
Last verified: October 7, 2026benchpath-ca-t4-santa-cruz-2026-10-07

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-07 (California T4 Santa Cruz build 2026-10-07) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-santa-cruz/docs/pdfs/Hard Matters_0.pdf (225744 bytes, sha256 943d36402cadcc2386dffe0e0dc458df448598d35940ea7c9de40ffa63a078b4; 1 page) 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 (the proofs hold): 5 whitespace-only fixes read on the page (list items and headings set on their own lines as printed); the footer's left block set whole before its centre title (a same-characters reorder). Review note: The court's Scheduling a Hearing page (carded) links this list as the civil hard matters set 12 weeks out; the list itself is printed “Adopted for INTERNAL USE”. Published as printed: “SLAP MOTION”.