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Ventura County Superior Court — Department 21 - Rules & Procedures (revised July 1, 2026)

High confidence· verified October 7, 2026Judge PreferencesDepartment 21 - Rules & Procedures (revised July 1, 2026), Superior Court of California, County of Ventura; posted on the court's Department 21 page (https://ventura.courts.ca.gov/department-21) and the court's Remote Appearances page (https://ventura.courts.ca.gov/remote-appearances) at https://ventura.courts.ca.gov/system/files/department_21_rules_and_procedures.pdf, fetched 2026-10-07.

Summary

Department 21: case management and the issues that may bring an OSC re sanctions; case dates and continuances under CRC 3.1332; ex parte applications heard each court day at 8:30 a.m., a limit of 2 per day, reserved with the Judicial Secretary at (805) 289-8705 and filed by noon the court day before; remote appearances by Zoom - Court Call no longer accommodated, registration by 3:00 p.m. the court day before, check-in 15 minutes before the hearing; ADR Status Conferences with a joint statement 5 court days before; informal discovery conferences on a joint emailed request of no more than 5 pages (Local Rule 8.10); law and motion at 8:30 am, two summary judgment motions a week on Thursdays with courtesy copies two weeks before, submission on the tentative by email before 8:00 a.m.; and trial rules - no e-delivery of trial documents, courtesy copies, joint witness and exhibit lists exchanged 14 days before and emailed three (3) court days before, trial briefs and motions in limine, court reporters, exhibits, jury instructions and questionnaires, six-pack jury selection and the trial schedule.

Applies to

California > Second Appellate District > Ventura County > Superior Court of California, County of Ventura > Courtroom 21

Source of truth

SUPERIOR COURT of CALIFORNIA, COUNTY of VENTURA DEPARTMENT 21 RULES & PROCEDURES (Revised July 1, 2026) The California Rules of Court are referred to herein as the “CRC”. The Ventura County Superior Court Local Rules are referred to herein as “LR”. The Code of Civil Procedure is referred to herein as “CCP”. The CCP, CRC, LR, and these local rules and procedures are updated from time to time. Parti

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of Ventura — court website
Source health: Healthy · checked September 28, 2026
Effective date: July 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/department_21_rules_and_procedures.pdf (257796 bytes, sha256 d05b0af167f50ccb49bc251019cd3486dab804eb8cdad4bc6faa39001ccdfc88; 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. Documented settings (whitespace-only or same-character changes; the proofs hold): the two-line title set as two lines (a whitespace fix). Attached to Judge Dana K. Caudill: the document is Courtroom 21's, and the court's Judicial Assignments page for the Ventura Courthouse (effective as of August 31, 2026) seats Judge Dana K. Caudill in Courtroom 21. Review note: The rules refer indigent parties to “Administrative Order No. 18.06”, which the court's Administrative Orders page does not list (a review task). Published as printed: the remote appearance heading cites “CCP 375.75” and “CRC 3.670 & 2.672”; “When all parties ‘pass”