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Ventura County Superior Court — Courtroom 43 - Courtroom Orders for Jury Trials (rev. 04/2025)

High confidence· verified October 7, 2026Judge PreferencesCourtroom 43 - Courtroom Orders for Jury Trials (rev. 04/2025), Superior Court of California, County of Ventura; posted on the court's second host, www2.ventura.courts.ca.gov, in the link list of Courtroom 43's page there (https://www2.ventura.courts.ca.gov/Courtroom/C43; that page also lists tentative rulings by case number and was quarantined on capture, never composed or used) at https://www2.ventura.courts.ca.gov/pdf_files/Courtroom/C43/Civil_Jury_Trials_Courtroom_43.pdf, fetched 2026-10-07.

Summary

Courtroom 43, Hon. Ben Coats: jury or court trial confirmed when the case is called out; jury fees, a check for each day's fees; trials Tuesdays through Fridays from 9:30 a.m.; the pre-trial conference immediately before jury selection, trial briefs, witness lists and in limine motions of five (5) pages each, no more than ten (10) without leave; the meet and confer on in limine motions, verdicts, admissibility, deposition and video designations (notice two court days before playing), demonstrative evidence and the statement of the case; a Realtime court reporter; conduct of clients and witnesses; jury questionnaires (at least 60 copies); exhibits pre-marked before jury selection; three-minute mini opening statements; the jury selection method and limits on voir dire; jury instructions; witnesses, objections, exhibits and Power-Point presentations; the requested stipulations; availability during deliberations; and no email to the judge's address (Courtroom43@ventura.courts.ca.gov only when invited).

Applies to

California > Second Appellate District > Ventura County > Superior Court of California, County of Ventura > Courtroom 43

Source of truth

COURTROOM ORDERS FOR JURY TRIALS IN COURTROOM 43 Hon. Ben Coats THE COURT MAY AMEND, ADJUST OR ALTER THESE ORDERS AS IT DEEMS APPROPRIATE. 1. Jury or Court Trial: When the case is called out to trial, the parties must confirm with the judicial secretary immediately whether the case will be a jury trial (if fees were timely posted) or whether all parties waive jury. Any waiver of jury after the tim

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of Ventura — court website
Source health: Healthy · checked September 28, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: October 7, 2026benchpath-ca-t4-ventura-2026-10-07

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-07 (California T4 Ventura build 2026-10-07) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-ventura/docs/www2/pdf_files/Courtroom/C43/Civil_Jury_Trials_Courtroom_43.pdf (195116 bytes, sha256 143e8c1ee17b5731d948d79b973372ffd667fe2efe1702c3d44c7da98f1fa1ef; 8 pages) 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. Attached to Judge Benjamin F. Coats: the document is Courtroom 43's, and the court's Judicial Assignments page for the Ventura Courthouse (effective as of August 31, 2026) seats Judge Benjamin F. Coats in Courtroom 43. Review note: Captured from the court's second host (www2.ventura.courts.ca.gov/pdf_files/Courtroom/C43/), linked from Courtroom 43's page there - a page that also lists tentative rulings by case number and was quarantined, never used. Courtroom 43's law and motion procedures appear only on that page (a review task). The Remote Appearances page names the judge “Benjamin F. Coats”, the reporting services notice “Benjamin F. Coates”. Published as printed: “withing 365 days”; “People v Majors (1998) 18 Cal.41 385”.