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Chapter 3 (Rule 3.0): case management rules adopted pursuant to the Trial Court Delay Reduction Act of 1986 (Government Code §68600 et seq.) for all general civil cases filed on or after July 1, 1992, a general civil case being any civil case except probate, guardianship, conservatorship, juvenile, small claims, unlawful detainer and family law proceedings, collections cases under CRC 3.740, other civil petitions and cases assigned to a judge for all purposes (3.0); uninsured motorist cases not subject to the rules until 180 days after designation (3.0); three plans with disposition goals of 12, 18 and 24 months in compliance with CRC 3.714, every general civil case initially assigned to Plan 1 and reassigned for good cause on the factors of CRC 3.715, and exceptional cases exempted under CRC 3.714(c) (3.0); a case management conference set no later than 180 days after filing of the initial complaint, the clerk to issue the notice of the first conference at filing and the filing party to serve it with the complaint, each party's case management statement under CRC 3.725, and counsel and self-represented parties to attend fully prepared to discuss the matters of CRC 3.724 and CRC 3.727, the court to enter orders as specified in CRC 3.728 (3.0).
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CHAPTER 3 - CIVIL RULES 3.0 CASE MANAGEMENT (a) Scope These case management rules, adopted pursuant to the Trial Court Delay Reduction Act of 1986 (California Government Code §68600 et seq.), apply to all general civil cases filed on or after July 1, 1992. (b) Definition of General Civil Case As used in these rules, “general civil case” means all civil cases except: probate, guardianship, conservatorship, juvenile, small claims, unlawful detainer, and family law proceedings (including proceedings under divisions 6-9 of the Family Code, Uniform Parentage Act, Domestic Violence Prevention Act, and Uniform Interstate Family Support Act; freedom from parental custody and control proceedings; and adoption proceedings); collections cases pursuant to CRC 3.740; other civil petitions, including petitions to prevent civil harassment, elder abuse, and workplace violence, petitions for name change, election contest petitions, petitions for coordination, and petitions for relief from late claims; and cases assigned to a judge for all purposes based on subject matter. (c) Uninsured Motorist Cases Cases designated as uninsured motorist cases are not subject to these case management rules until 180 days after designation. (d) Case Differentiation General civil cases will be assigned to one of three plans. It is the goal of the court that all general civil cases will be disposed of within the following time limits, in compliance with CRC 3.714: (1) Plan 1 - 12 months (2) Plan 2 - 18 months (3) Plan 3 - 24 months General civil cases shall be initially assigned to Plan 1. For good cause shown, upon the request of a party or the court’s own determination, a case may be reassigned to another plan. In determining reassignment, the court will evaluate each case on its own merits, considering the factors set forth in CRC 3.715. (e) Exemption of exceptional cases The court may in the interest of justice exempt a general civil case from the case disposition time goals pursuant to CRC 3.714(c). (f) Case Management Conference (i) Scope The court will set a case management conference for all general civil cases except complex cases and cases exempted under CRC 3.721 no later than 180 days after filing of the initial complaint. (ii) Notice At the time the case is filed, the clerk shall issue to the filing party a document with the date, time, and place of the first case management conference. It is the responsibility of the filing party to serve all other parties with notice of the case management conference date at the time the complaint is served. (iii) Case Management Statement Each party must file a case management statement pursuant to CRC 3.725. (iv) Conduct of Case Management Conference Counsel for each party and each self-represented party appearing in the action shall attend the Case Management Conference and shall be familiar with the case and be fully prepared to discuss all matters stated in CRC 3.724 and CRC 3.727. The court shall enter orders as specified in CRC 3.728. (Effective 7/01/13)
CHAPTER 3 - CIVIL RULES 3.0 CASE MANAGEMENT (a) Scope These case management rules, adopted pursuant to the Trial Court Delay Reduction Act of 1986 (California Government Code §68600 et seq.), apply to all general civil cases filed on or after July 1, 1992. (b) Definition of General Civil Case As used in these rules, “general civil case” means all civil cases except: probate, guardianship, conserva
Reviewer note: Transcribed 2026-10-11 (California T4 Sutter build 2026-10-11) by eye from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-sutter/docs/pdfs/LocalRules/Local Rules Amended 7-1-2018.pdf (the court's rule book, its cover “SUTTER COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT”, “LOCAL COURT RULES”, “EFFECTIVE July 1, 2013”, “AMENDED January 1, 2017; July 1, 2017; July 1, 2018”, as fetched 2026-10-11; 12135865 bytes, sha256 43c9a3416cb426ae558e9731ce62361ef6fc429bc2159a99b5fe7d569bf77e7e; 30 pages, scanned page images with an invisible OCR text layer; this chapter PDF pages 11 to 12, printed pages 8 to 9): read on the page images rendered at 200 dpi (vision/render.py); checked against two machine readings never published (RapidOCR on each page, vision/ocr-batch.py, and the file's own invisible OCR text layer, which the scanner made), the running header and the page numbers dropped from both: every 6-word window of the transcription looked up, and every window is found in a reading (vision/check-log.txt). Each printed paragraph, heading and list item is set as one line, a two-column list one row per line with its cells separated by “ | ”; the apostrophes, quotation marks and dashes are set as printed, each read on an enlarged crop of the page image; the running header (“Superior Court of California, County of Sutter”) and the page numbers are not part of the text; 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.