El Dorado Superior Court Chambers Communication Rules

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Contact

Phone to duty judge

If the duty judge cannot be reached, leave a voicemail with contact information; if there is no response within approximately five minutes, dispatch or the officer must call the on-call judge back.

In the event the duty judge cannot be reached, then leave a voicemail message with contact information. If the judge does not respond to the voicemail message within approximately five (5) minutes, then dispatch, or the officer must call the on-call judge back at the provided phone number(s).

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After a transfer, the transferring-court judge must immediately notify counsel and direct future case communications and inquiries to the receiving-court judge or calendar clerk.

F. The judge of the transferring court shall notify counsel of the transfer immediately and shall advise counsel that all further communications and inquiries concerning the case should be made to the judge of the receiving court assigned to try the case or the calendar clerk of that court.

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When requesting the court’s IT Department for connectivity assistance, make the request at least one week before the court date.

If requested, the court’s Information Technology Department can provide reasonable technical assistance with issues involving connectivity to court technology equipment. The request for assistance must be made at least one week in advance of the court date.

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Counsel who believe argument will exceed 15 minutes should not use the regular criminal law and motion calendar and should contact the calendar clerk to request a long-cause hearing.

If counsels believe that a matter will take more than 15 minutes to argue, that matter should not be placed on the regularly scheduled criminal law and motion calendar. In such a case, counsel should contact the calendar clerk and request that the matter be scheduled as a long cause hearing.

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If the counselor’s appearance is no longer required, the subpoenaing party must notify the family law clerk’s office at the earliest opportunity.

If the counselor’s appearance will no longer be required, the subpoenaing party must notify the family law clerk’s office at the earliest opportunity.

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Contact

Phone to clerk

Phone

(530) 621-6551

The tentative ruling disposition, without its rationale, may be obtained by telephone beginning at 2:00 p.m. on the court day before the matter is set on the calendar.

By Telephone: The tentative rulings providing the disposition of the matter only, without the rationale, can also be obtained by calling (530) 621-6551 (Western Slope Branch) or (530) 573-3042 (South Lake Tahoe Branch) beginning at 2:00 p.m. on the court day preceding the date the matter is set on the law and motion calendar.

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Contact

Email to duty judge ?

The duty judge shall be available by email or telephone at all times.

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b. Electronic requests must be sent directly from the tentative rulings link of the Court’s web site by clicking on the “Request for Oral Argument” button on the department’s tentative ruling page.

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c. Phone requests must be placed to the Western Slope Branch at (530) 621-6551 or the South Lake Tahoe Branch at (530) 573-3042 and must provide all of the information required on the request form found on the Court’s web site.

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A notice of intent to appear and request oral argument must be transmitted to the court either electronically through the court’s website, or via telephone call by 4:00 p.m. on the day the tentative ruling is issued.

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Before serving the subpoena, the party must first contact the family law clerk’s office to confirm the counselor’s availability on the scheduled hearing date and time.

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Phone requests must be placed to the Western Slope Branch at (530) 621-6725 or the South Lake Tahoe Branch at (530) 573-3042 and must provide all the information required on the request form found on the court’s website.

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Contact

Phone to clerk ?

Phone

Western Slope Branch: (530) 621-6726; South Lake Tahoe Branch: (530) 573-3075 ?

The tentative rulings providing the disposition of the matter only, without the rationale, can also be obtained by calling the Western Slope Branch at (530) 621-6726 or the South Lake Tahoe Branch at (530) 573-3075 beginning at 2:00 p.m. on the court day preceding the date the matter is set on the law and motion calendar.

Summary: The disposition-only tentative ruling is available by calling the listed branch numbers beginning at 2:00 p.m. on the court day before the law and motion calendar date.

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Petitioner should contact the calendar clerk for scheduling purposes.