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12 verbatim requirements from administrative order 2017-04-02 - Amended Order Establishing Ninth Judicial Circuit Court County Civil Court Guidelines, Orange County.
9th Judicial Circuit. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from https://ninthcircuit.org/sites/default/files/AO2017-04-02.pdf, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • Counsel with full authority to resolve the matter shall confer before scheduling the hearing on the motion to attempt to resolve or otherwise narrow the issues raised in the motion, and include a Certificate of Compliance (attached hereto as “Exhibit A”) that the conference has occurred in the Notice of Hearing filed with the Court. • It shall be the responsibility of counsel who schedules the hearing to arrange the conference. • Counsel must respond promptly to inquiries and communications from opposing counsel who notices the hearing and is attempting to schedule the conference. • If counsel who notices the hearing is unable to reach opposing counsel to conduct the conference after three (3) good faith attempts, counsel who notices the hearing must identify in the Certificate of Compliance the dates and times of the efforts made to contact opposing counsel. • Counsel shall include in the Notice of Hearing the Certificate of • Counsel who notices the hearing shall ensure that the court and the court’s judicial assistant are aware of any narrowing of the issues or other resolution because of the conference. • Counsel is required to provide the court (and opposing counsel) with courtesy copies of any memoranda, case law or any other materials on which counsel may rely at a scheduled hearing at least three (3) court days before the scheduled hearing. • A party seeking to schedule hearing time shall check the Judicial Automated • The party shall then follow the procedures by the court for that particular division. • If after three (3) attempts on separate days (at least 24 hours apart and during normal business hours) to coordinate a hearing with a minimum of three (3) separate date and time options, opposing party does not cooperate or respond, the requesting party may unilaterally set a hearing giving at least two weeks’ notice to the opposing party who failed to cooperate or respond. • Efforts to coordinate the hearing shall be noted on the Unilateral Notice of Hearing. • In the event that a party seeks to cancel a previously scheduled hearing, the party must email the judge’s judicial assistant and file a notice of cancellation. -- 2 of 4 --
Counsel with full authority to resolve the matter shall confer before scheduling the hearing on the motion to attempt to resolve or otherwise narrow the issues raised in the motion, and include a Certificate of Compliance (attached hereto as “Exhibit A”) that the conference has occurred in the Notice of Hearing filed with the Court.
Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: 602e41a15ff1c125ab723c3e8ff2c36bbe90916c370bd00fe3385fe4390ade99. Extracted from the order's own text layer.
Judge Bell caps motions and responses at 5 pages for UMC hearings and 12 pages for special-set hearings.
Judge Alijewicz requires every motion for attorney's fees and/or costs to attach a document detailing time records — no records, no fee award.
Judge Corlew bars informal contact: every communication with the Court must be in writing, filed with the Clerk, with copies furnished to all parties — and no calls to the JA to schedule or cancel UMC.