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A standing order of Laura Masunaga, Presiding Judge, dated April 17, 2009, to attorneys, justice partners and law enforcement, balancing the rights of the defendant and of the victim (California Constitution Article I, Section 28(b)(4)): the People and Law Enforcement comply with Penal Code Sections 1054 et seq.; the Defense - the defendant, the defendant’s attorney, or any other person acting on behalf of the defendant - uses the confidential information and records, including law enforcement reports, that might be used to locate or harass a victim (the “Evidence”) only to prepare the defense, does not provide, sell or disclose the Evidence to the media or otherwise except in the case’s judicial proceedings and to persons necessary for the defense, does not duplicate it, and provides it outside the defense attorney’s office only to the defendant, a defense expert or investigator, each subject to the order and informed of it first; the order does not preclude a motion pursuant to Penal Code section 1054.2(a)(2), and the People provide the primary victim(s) a copy.
California > Third Appellate District > Siskiyou County > Superior Court of California, County of Siskiyou
Superior Court of California County of Siskiyou Courthouse 311 Fourth St., Yreka, California 96097 P.O. Box 1026, Yreka, CA 96097-1026 • (530) 842-0183 • Fax (530) 842-0191 Hon. Laura Masunaga Presiding Judge DATE: April 17, 2009 TO: ATTORNEYS, JUSTICE PARTNERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM: PRESIDING JUDGE SISKIYOU COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT SUBJECT: STANDING ORDER RE PROPOSITION 9 AND DISCOVERY A victim, as that term is defined in California Constitution Article 1 Section (28)(e), has certain rights to justice and due process enumerated under California Constitution Article 1 Section 28. One of those rights, under California Constitution Article I, Section 28(b)(4), is “the right to prevent the disclosure of confidential information or records to the defendant, the defendant’s attorney, or any other person acting on behalf of the defendant which could be used to locate or harass the victim or the victim’s family or which disclose confidential communications made in the course of a medical or counseling treatment, or which are otherwise privileged or confidential by law.” Additionally, the defendant has certain rights of due process under the state and federal constitutions. To balance the rights of the defendant and the victim, the Court makes the following order below regarding the use and dissemination of confidential information and records, including law enforcement reports, that might be reasonably used to locate or harass a victim or his family or which disclose confidential communications made in the course of a medical or counseling treatment, or which are otherwise privileged or confidential by law (collectively the “Evidence”). THE COURT THEREFORE ORDERS: 1. The People and Law Enforcement shall comply with Penal Code Sections 1054 et seq. and all relevant state and federal case law. 2. The Defense (defined to include the defendant, the defendant’s attorney, or any other person acting on behalf of the defendant) shall not use the Evidence for any purpose other than to prepare for the defense of the named defendant in this case. 3. The Defense shall not provide, sell or disclose the Evidence to any member or associate of the media, unless so ordered by a Court of appropriate jurisdiction. 4. The Defense shall not publicly or privately provide, sell or disclose the Evidence in any fashion except in judicial proceedings in the above-entitled case but may disclose the Evidence to any person(s) necessary for the proper preparation and/or presentation of the defense case. 5. The Defense shall not duplicate the Evidence, except as set forth in Section 6 below. 6. The Defense shall not provide the Evidence to anyone outside of the defense attorney’s office with the exception of defendant (who is deemed owner of his/her file pursuant to State Bar of California), a defense expert or investigator, each shall be subject to this order. 7. Before the defendant’s attorney may provide the Evidence to defendant, an expert witness or defense investigator, the defendant’s attorney shall inform that person of this order. Defendant’s attorney shall retain in the defense attorney’s file and available upon court order, evidence that this information has been provided. 8. This order does not preclude the defendant’s attorney from filing a motion pursuant to Penal Code section 1054.2(a)(2). 9. Though not required under Article I, Section 28 of the California Constitution, the People shall provide the primary victim(s) in this action a copy of this Order. Dated: JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT
Superior Court of California County of Siskiyou Courthouse 311 Fourth St., Yreka, California 96097 P.O. Box 1026, Yreka, CA 96097-1026 • (530) 842-0183 • Fax (530) 842-0191 Hon. Laura Masunaga Presiding Judge DATE: April 17, 2009 TO: ATTORNEYS, JUSTICE PARTNERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM: PRESIDING JUDGE SISKIYOU COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT SUBJECT: STANDING ORDER RE PROPOSITION 9 AND DISCOVERY A victim,
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-prop-9-discovery.pdf (138691 bytes, sha256 f45a3b88528000a03e79fbf3aff4950e7c636e43adef8f4d8e7d26eb7d49dc9a; 2 pages; scanned page images with an invisible OCR text layer): read on the page images rendered at 200 dpi; checked against RapidOCR on the pages and the file's own scanner OCR layer, never published: every 6-word window of the transcription is found in a reading (vision/check-log.txt). Not part of the text: the letterhead's drawing; the date written by hand on the date line (“April 17, 2009”, as the memorandum's DATE line prints it) and the signature over “JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT”; “Article 1” (twice) and “Article I” carried as printed. The transcription's closing note, which describes the pages, is not published. Review note: The order is written as an order made in a case (“the named defendant in this case”, “the above-entitled case”); the court’s Order re Standing Orders of June 24, 2025 lists it, as of 2009-4-17, among the standing orders that remain in effect.
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.