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A standing order of JoAnn M. Bicego, Assistant Presiding Judge, dated December 13, 2022, supplementing the Rules for Decorum in the Courtroom (Appendix 1 of the Local Rules, carded): counsel shall at all times maintain respect for the court and court staff - not interrupting the court or opposing counsel unless necessary to state a legal objection, no further argument once the court has ruled, responses brief and succinct, argument stopped when the court has heard sufficient argument, and permission requested to speak on any issue; counsel shall conduct themselves in a courteous, dignified, and professional manner - no expressions of anger, outrage, and indignity, no yelling, no bickering between counsel, no disrespectful non-verbal behavior such as eye-rolling, smirking or muttering, no sarcastic or disparaging remarks, and no unfair or derogatory personal references or personal attacks; the rules enforced with disciplinary measures, sanctions, or contempt (CCP Section 1209(a)(1)).
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SISKIYOU COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT STANDING ORDER RE COURTROOM CONDUCT The California Code of Judicial Conduct provides that a judge “shall require order and decorum in proceedings” and that a judge “shall be patient, dignified and courteous to litigants, jurors, witnesses, lawyers . . . and shall require similar conduct of lawyers.” (Canon 3B(3) & (4).) To ensure compliance with this mandate, the court shall require the following conduct. This order supplements the Rules for Decorum in the Courtroom, set forth in Appendix 1 of the Siskiyou County Local Rules, which remain in full force and effect. 1. Counsel shall at all times maintain respect for the court and court staff and shall observe the dignity and decorum of the courtroom. a. Counsel shall not interrupt the court or opposing counsel, unless necessary to state a legal objection. b. Once the court has heard argument and ruled on any matter, there shall be no further argument. Counsel shall respectfully yield to the court’s ruling. c. Counsel shall respond to legal arguments briefly and succinctly. If the court informs counsel that it has heard sufficient argument, counsel shall stop argument. d. Counsel shall request permission from the court to speak on any issue, such as “May I be heard?” “May I bring an issue to the court’s attention?” May I speak to that?” 2. Counsel shall at all times conduct themselves in a courteous, dignified, and professional manner. a. Counsel shall refrain from expressing personal feelings of anger, outrage, and indignity in the courtroom. b. Counsel shall properly modulate his or her voice and shall not yell. c. There shall be no bickering between counsel. d. Disrespectful non-verbal behavior is not permitted, including, but not limited to, eye-rolling, smirking, muttering, and related misconduct. e. Counsel shall refrain from sarcastic or disparaging remarks of any kind. f. Counsel shall avoid unfair or derogatory personal references or personal attacks directed to opposing counsel, litigants, witnesses, jurors, and the court. The court will enforce these rules with the appropriate remedy, including initiating disciplinary measures, ordering sanctions, or contempt. CCP Section 1209(a)(1) defines contempt as: “Disorderly, contemptuous, or insolent behavior toward the judge while holding court tending to interrupt the due course of a trial or other judicial proceeding.” Contempt also includes the disobedience of any lawful order of the court. Dated: December 13, 2022 JoAnn M. Bicego, Assistant Presiding Judge Siskiyou County Superior Court
SISKIYOU COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT STANDING ORDER RE COURTROOM CONDUCT The California Code of Judicial Conduct provides that a judge “shall require order and decorum in proceedings” and that a judge “shall be patient, dignified and courteous to litigants, jurors, witnesses, lawyers . . . and shall require similar conduct of lawyers.” (Canon 3B(3) & (4).) To ensure compliance with this mandate, the cou
Reviewer note: Transcribed 2026-10-12 (California T4 Siskiyou build 2026-10-12) by eye from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-siskiyou/docs/general/standing-order-re-courtroom-conduct-12-13-2022.pdf (378110 bytes, sha256 1933fd66d682be148d822f340c721e572401698f2d9f8a02470cf9bb8709f65d; 1 page; scanned page images with an invisible OCR text layer): read on the page image rendered at 200 dpi; checked against RapidOCR on the page and the file's own scanner OCR layer, never published: every 6-word window looked up, and of the 1 span no reading holds, 1 read again on the page image (the signature block the signature crosses) (vision/check-log.txt). Not part of the text: the bold of three quoted phrases and the signature; item 1(d)'s quotation mark without its opening one and item 2(a)'s “indignity” carried as printed. The transcription's closing note, which describes the pages, is not published.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.