The court's local form SIE-0033 (New 04/17/2020), Request for Postponement of Traffic Court Trial - its instructions: the request filed in the appropriate branch of the Superior Court at least 15 DAYS prior to the court trial hearing date, or it may be denied; a copy served on the Opposing Party, the Declaration of Service on the reverse of the form completed, or the request will be denied; the reason the requester is unable to appear at the scheduled Traffic Court Trial, with copies of supporting documents (plane ticket, doctor's note, etc.), no continuance granted without a showing of good cause; the dates unavailable and a waiver of time for trial; the Court to consider the ex-parte application at the expiration of seven days following service by mail, as unopposed in the absence of opposition; an objection to the postponement filed with the Court within 7 DAYS from the date of service, the Court otherwise deciding without the objecting party's input and notifying the parties of the new court date if a continuance is granted, and dates unavailable for trial in the next two months given to the Court by phone or in writing; the declaration of service by mail; and the Court's order granting the request - finding Good Cause to re-set the trial more than 45 days beyond the arraignment date - or denying it.
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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SIERRA 100 Courthouse Square, 2nd Floor P.O. Box 476 Downieville, CA 95936 (530) 289-3698 People of the State of California vs. REQUEST FOR POSTPONEMENT OF TRAFFIC COURT TRIAL Instructions: This Request for Postponement of Traffic Court Trial must be filed in the appropriate branch of the Superior Court at least 15 DAYS prior to the court trial hearing date. If this request is not filed timely, it may be denied. A copy of this Request for Postponement must be served on the Opposing Party to notify them of your request. A Declaration of Service on opposing party, found on the reverse of this form, must be completed or the request will be denied. The undersigned hereby declares that they are unable to appear at the scheduled Traffic Court Trial for the following reason: IMPORTANT NOTE: COPIES OF SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS MUST BE INCLUDED WITH THIS REQUEST (plane ticket, doctor’s note, etc.) A CONTINUANCE WILL NOT BE GRANTED WITHOUT A SHOWING OF GOOD CAUSE. Date(s) I’m unavailable are: ________. I hereby waive time for trial or continue to waive time for trial if waiver is already entered. I have noticed the Opposing Party of this request; Proof of Service is attached. Court will consider this ex-parte application at the expiration of seven days following service by mail. In the absence of opposition the Court will consider the application as unopposed. No continuance will be granted except upon a showing of good cause. I declare, under penalty of perjury, under the Laws of the State of California, that the above representations are true and correct. Date: ________ Signature: ________ HOW TO OBJECT TO POSTPONEMENT REQUEST: If you received this form, the other party has requested a postponement of the trial in your case. If you object to this postponement you have 7 DAYS from the date of service to file an objection with the Court. If you fail to do so, the Court will make a decision on the request for postponement without your input. If you do not wish to object, then there is no need to file anything with the Court. The Court will notify you of the new court date, if a continuance is granted. If you do not object to this continuance, but there are certain dates you will not be available for trial in the next two months, please notify the Court by phone or in writing of those dates as soon as possible. Declaration of Service by Mail I declare that I am over eighteen years of age and I am not a party to the action; That on ________, I served a copy of the Request for Postponement of Traffic Court Trial by depositing a copy in a sealed envelope with postage thereon fully prepaid, in the United States Postal Service mail box at the City of ________, California, addressed to the Opposing Party in this matter as follows: Defendant: ________ Address: ________ Law Enforcement Officer ________ Address: ________ I certify (or declare) under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on ________ at ________, California. Signature: ________ FOR COURT USE ONLY Objection of Opposing Party was received on ________ and has been considered. Opposing Party failed to file a timely objection. ORDER OF THE COURT: It is so ordered that the request for continuance of the traffic court trial is: Granted: The new trial date is ________ at ________. The Court finds Good Cause to re-set the trial more than 45 days beyond the arraignment date. Denied: ________. Date: ________ Judge of the Superior Court
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SIERRA 100 Courthouse Square, 2nd Floor P.O. Box 476 Downieville, CA 95936 (530) 289-3698 People of the State of California vs. REQUEST FOR POSTPONEMENT OF TRAFFIC COURT TRIAL Instructions: This Request for Postponement of Traffic Court Trial must be filed in the appropriate branch of the Superior Court at least 15 DAYS prior to the court trial
Reviewer note: Transcribed 2026-10-12 (California T4 Sierra build 2026-10-12) by eye from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-sierra/docs/forms-and-filings/sie-0033-request-postponement-traffic-court-trial.pdf (204844 bytes, sha256 ab77559e5b05a623f76bf9b3e1fc030a4e75d31eebda7338c4df7c50ce3aff5f; 2 pages; a text layer that maps its glyphs to other characters (unreadable as text; read on the page images)): read on the page images rendered at 200 dpi; checked against RapidOCR on the pages, the file's own text layer (its glyphs mapped to other characters - noise) and the born-digital text layer of the court's 2020 copy of the same form (docs/Sierra/Request_for_Postponement.pdf, which prints the same words but one), never published: every 6-word window looked up, and of the 3 spans the readings do not hold, 3 split into pieces the readings hold (the title and instructions around the caption's case number box, and the declaration of service's two columns, which the readings take line by line) (vision/check-log.txt; evidence/vision-check-2026-10-12c.log). Not part of the text: the caption's “FOR COURT USE ONLY” and “CASE NUMBER:” boxes and each page's footer (“SIE-0033 New 04/17/2020”, the title, the page mark and the publisher's mark). The transcription's closing note, which describes the pages, is not published.
Division XI: information forms for data processing (Rule 11.2); required action - action taken on all calendared cases and a future date always set (Rule 11.19); and pro tem judges - an attorney named as a plaintiff in a civil or small claims case may not sit as a judge pro-tem during the case or within six months following its resolution, nor one named as a defendant in two or more such cases (Rule 11.22). Rules 11.1, 11.3 to 11.5, 11.7 to 11.18, 11.20 and 11.21 are repealed, and Rule 11.6 (voluntary arbitration; see Local Rule 10.2) was repealed and renumbered.
Duval County's indigent-defense and magistration rules under the Texas Fair Defense Act (S.B. 7): who may be booked into the county jail and on what paper; arrest-case numbering; presentment to a magistrate within 48 hours (art. 15.16); the magistrate's warnings, counsel inquiry, interpreter duty, indigence determination and appointment of counsel within 24 hours of a request; the alternative appointment plan under art. 26.04(g)-(h) with annual applications, seven attorney categories (capital, first and second degree, third degree/state jail/misdemeanor, competency, appeals, post-conviction, extradition), CLE and experience standards, random rotation within each category, written acceptance within 48 hours, first contact by the end of the next working day, replacement and suspension of counsel, fee applications within five days of completing services and the compensation attachment ($500 pleas; $175/$150 hourly; $1,400 per jury-trial day; appellate caps); bail schedules by offense class with a personal bond office (fee $20 or 3%), pre-trial supervision and revocation hearings within two working days; arraignment settings and notice; repeal of conflicting rules.