Mariposa Superior Court Chambers Communication Rules

CRITICALCivil cases

Parties must not make ex parte requests to reschedule a CMC.

PARTIES ARE NOT TO MAKE SUCH EX PARTE REQUESTS.

CRITICAL

The Court will not consider ex parte communications from counsel or self-represented parties unless they follow the applicable rules or law.

The Court will not consider any ex parte communications from counsel or self- represented parties unless made in the manner prescribed by these Rules, by the California Rules of Court, or by the laws of this State.

CRITICAL

When the mediator permits ex parte communications, they must be in writing.

As more fully stated in Rule 5.235 of the California Rules of Court, when ex parte communications are permitted by the mediator, any such communications shall be in writing

CRITICAL

Unless law permits otherwise, lawyers and parties must avoid ex parte communications about a pending case’s substance with the judicial officer presiding over it.

Except as permitted by law, lawyers and parties shall avoid ex parte communications on the substance of a pending case with a judicial officer before whom such case is pending.

WARNING

Counsel should not send judicial officers copies of letters or other communications between counsel.

Copies of letters or other communications between counsel should not be sent to any judicial officer.

INFOCivil cases

Contact

Phone

Phone

(209) 966-6599

Contact the Court by phone for information about its Civil Mediation Program and mediator list.

For information on Mariposa County Superior Court’s Civil Mediation Program, including a list of mediators, contact the Court at (209) 966-6599.