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Ventura County Superior Court — Remote Mandatory Settlement Conference Procedures; Acknowledgement of Receipt & Stipulation (rev. 8/25/25)

High confidence· verified October 7, 2026Judge PreferencesRemote Mandatory Settlement Conference Procedures; Acknowledgement of Receipt & Stipulation (rev. 8/25/25), Superior Court of California, County of Ventura; posted on the court's Civil page (https://ventura.courts.ca.gov/divisions/civil) at https://ventura.courts.ca.gov/system/files/msc_ventura_procedures_form_rev20211230.pdf, fetched 2026-10-07.

Summary

The policies and procedures for mandatory settlement conferences by Zoom before Judge Matthew P. Guasco: all participants must appear by Zoom; the form completed by all parties and filed at least 5 court days before the MSC with the Settlement Conference Statement (Cal. Rules Ct., Rule 3.1380(c)); personal attendance of trial counsel, parties and persons with full authority to settle; joining 5 minutes before; privacy, interpreters (VN250), no recording or forwarding of the Zoom invitation; Evidence Code section 1152; and the MSC Judge's role.

Applies to

California > Second Appellate District > Ventura County > Superior Court of California, County of Ventura > Courtroom 22

Source of truth

ATTORNEY OR PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY (Name, State Bar Number and Address): TELEPHONE NO.: ATTORNEY FOR (Name): SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF VENTURA Plaintiff(s), vs. Defendant(s). Case No. REMOTE MANDATORY SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE PROCEDURES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPT & STIPULATION Mandatory Settlement Conference Date & Time: This case has been ordered to a Mandatory Set

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/msc_ventura_procedures_form_rev20211230.pdf (929807 bytes, sha256 9281c187b8ce26e651dd54b514985e782c6abde9c48af189e4d4e3dd57d96e38; 4 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 pleading caption set cell by cell (its column of “)” left out as chrome); the five blank signature blocks of pages 3 and 4 (“RECEIPT ACKNOWLEDGED AND SO STIPULATED:”, the party check boxes, signature, email and telephone lines - fill-in fields) left out and subtracted in proof 2; the judge's name, broken across a line, joined. Attached to Judge Matthew P. Guasco: the procedures name Judge Matthew P. Guasco as the mandatory settlement conference judge, and the court's Judicial Assignments page for the Ventura Courthouse (effective as of August 31, 2026) seats him in Courtroom 22, the Mandatory Settlement Conferences calendar. Review note: A pleading-format form: its caption is set cell by cell and its five blank signature blocks are left out. Local Rule 3.13 (carded in Chapter 3) provides for mandatory settlement conferences remotely or in person; the court's Civil Division page adds that MSC briefs of no more than 5 pages are emailed to MSC@ventura.courts.ca.gov.