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Ventura County Superior Court — Notice re: Case Reassignments from Department J3 to J4 (effective June 1, 2026)

High confidence· verified October 7, 2026Divisional InstructionsNotice re: Case Reassignments from Department J3 to J4 (effective June 1, 2026), Superior Court of California, County of Ventura; posted on the court's Notice Re: Case Reassignments from Department J3 to J4 - Effective June 1, 2026 page (https://ventura.courts.ca.gov/news/notice-re-case-reassignments-department-j3-j4-effective-june-1-2026) at https://ventura.courts.ca.gov/system/files/general/deadly_weapons_notice.pdf, fetched 2026-10-07.

Summary

Beginning June 1, 2026, W&I 8102 / 8103 Deadly Weapons cases including Requests to Challenge Disqualified Persons, and Notice of Impoundment of Vehicle cases are assigned to Judge Carla Ortega in Courtroom J4 and heard on Mondays at 3:00pm; filings are submitted to the Civil Clerk's Office at the Hall of Justice in Ventura, not at the Juvenile Justice Center.

Applies to

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

Requirement

Superior Court of California County of Ventura NOTICE RE: CASE REASSIGNMENTS FROM DEPARTMENT J3 TO J4 Effective JUNE 1, 2026 Beginning June 1, 2026, W&I 8102 / 8103 Deadly Weapons cases including Requests to Challenge Disqualified Persons, and Notice of Impoundment of Vehicle cases will be assigned to Judge Carla Ortega in Courtroom J4 at the Juvenile Justice Center in Oxnard. Beginning June 1, 2026, the above matters will be heard on Mondays at 3:00pm in Courtroom J4. Filings on the above case types must be submitted to the Civil Clerk’s Office at the Hall of Justice in Ventura (800 S. Victoria Ave Ventura, CA 93009). Filings will not be accepted at the Juvenile Justice Center in Oxnard. Remote appearance information will be posted in a separate notice on the Court’s website.

Source of truth

Superior Court of California County of Ventura NOTICE RE: CASE REASSIGNMENTS FROM DEPARTMENT J3 TO J4 Effective JUNE 1, 2026 Beginning June 1, 2026, W&I 8102 / 8103 Deadly Weapons cases including Requests to Challenge Disqualified Persons, and Notice of Impoundment of Vehicle cases will be assigned to Judge Carla Ortega in Courtroom J4 at the Juvenile Justice Center in Oxnard. Beginning June 1, 20

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of Ventura — court website
Source health: Healthy · checked September 28, 2026
Effective date: June 1, 2026
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/general/deadly_weapons_notice.pdf (158475 bytes, sha256 72907a47bd9452aa2e6556345a979956088ad39a85ae3245c3b6be177fc51c54; 1 page) 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. Review note: The court's Special Calendars (revised July 20, 2026; held, a review task) still list “Asset Forfeiture/Weapons” in J3; this notice moves the deadly weapons cases to J4 from June 1, 2026.