Fresno Superior Court Chambers Communication Rules

The petitioner must notify the Clerk of an emergency at the time the emergency petition is filed.

When an emergency situation exists, it is the responsibility of the petitioner to clearly indicate the nature of the emergency in the petition, and to also inform the Clerk at the time the petition is filed.

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Email to duty judge

Unless the court approves, attorneys and parties may not email a judge directly about a pending case or a related matter, even after notice to opposing counsel.

However, unless otherwise approved by the court, consistent with the Canons of Judicial Ethics and the California Rules of Professional Conduct, no attorney or party to an action shall, either with or without prior notice to opposing counsel, contact any judge directly by e-mail concerning a case pending before the court, or a matter relating to a case pending before the court.

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The petitioner or the petitioner's attorney must call the Family Law Examiner's Office to schedule the hearing.

Petitioner(s) or their attorney must call the Family Law Examiner’s Office to schedule the hearing.

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The petitioner, agency representative, or the petitioner's attorney must call the Family Law Examiner's Office to schedule the hearing.

The petitioner(s), agency representative or their attorney must call the Family Law Examiner’s Office to schedule the hearing.

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(559) 457-4945

The party preparing the notebook and appendix must call the Research Department Office Assistant at (559) 457-4945 to arrange delivery; the source chunk ends before stating the delivery details.

Instead, the party responsible for preparing the notebook and appendix shall call the Research Department Office Assistant at (559) 457-4945 to arrange delivery of the

Rule 2.1 applies to all general civil cases and complex litigation unless otherwise specified.

The provisions of Rule 2.1 shall apply to all general civil cases and complex litigation, as defined in Rule 1.1.4, unless otherwise specified in these rules.

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(559) 457-1700

Information about remote Zoom appearances in infraction cases may be obtained from the Traffic Department by phone, fax, or email.

Additional information can be obtained by contacting the Traffic Department at (559) 457-1700, by fax at (559) 457-1710 or by email at Infodeskcrim@fresno.courts.ca.gov.

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Letter fax to chambers

When the rules require notification by letter to the court or counsel, the notification may be sent by fax.

Where these rules require notification by letter, to court or counsel, such notification may be by fax.

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Email to clerk

An attorney or pro se party may email the assigned department’s clerk about a pending case.

Consistent with the Canons of Ethics relating to Ex-Parte Communications with the court, an attorney for a party, or a party appearing in pro per, may direct electronic mail communications to the clerk of the department to which a case has been assigned, relating to a case pending before that court.