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Document Format Requirements1 rule

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Evidentiary proceedings (such as trials, judgment debtor examinations, or other hearings where oral testimony will be taken) will be in-person absent a prior court order.

recioprocedures · Sep 2023 · p. 1
|SectionEVIDENTIARY PROCEEDINGS

Document Filing Requirements1 rule

Filing Requirements

Ex parte applications must include a declaration showing irreparable harm, immediate danger, or other statutory basis.

Document
Ex parte application

Include

  • Declaration

Court's wording

Comply with all requirements for ex partes, including “an affirmative factual showing in a declaration containing competent testimony based on personal knowledge of irreparable harm, immediate danger, or any other statutory basis for granting relief ex parte.” (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.1202(c).)

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Filing Timing and Cure Windows

Parties must check in online at least 5 minutes before the 8:45 am trial call hearing.

All counsel and self-represented parties appearing for such hearings must check-in online at least 5 minutes before the 8:45 a.m. hearing.

Page 1 | NON-EVIDENTIARY PROCEEDINGS

Parties must check in online at least 5 minutes before non-evidentiary hearings, except ex parte proceedings.

All counsel and self-represented parties appearing for such hearings (except for ex parte proceedings) must check-in online at least 5 minutes before the scheduled hearing.

Page 2 | REMOTE

Ex parte applications require a reservation by noon and filing by 1:30 pm the court day before the hearing.

A reservation must be made with the courtroom (Department W8, 657-622-5908) by noon the court day before the hearing. File the application by 1:30 pm the court day before the hearing.

Page 2 | EX PARTES

Court-wide rules

Applies court-wide

These 161 rules apply across Orange Superior Court. Where this judge's own standing orders above address the same topic, the judge's requirement controls.

Filing Requirements

All 67
  • Applies to
    Nomination papers

    Candidates must nominate themselves in writing and identify the Executive Committee position or positions and seniority group they seek to represent.

  • Applies to
    Media coverage request

    Requests for courtroom media coverage must comply with California Rules of Court, rule 1.150(e)(1), and be submitted to the assigned judicial officer using forms MC-500 and MC-510.

  • Applies to
    Media coverage request

    A copy of each courtroom media coverage request must also be submitted to the Court’s Public Information Office.

Filing Timing

All 35
  • Executive Committee nomination papers must be filed with the Office of the Court Executive Officer by the first Friday in September of an election year.

  • A written request by 10% of the court’s sitting judges must be filed with the Presiding Judge within 10 court days after publication of the minutes to vacate the Executive Committee action.

  • The original affidavit must be filed within five days of the damage.

Adjournments

All 12
  • The completion time for a stipulated judgment or periodic-payment agreement may be extended for good cause on noticed motion.

  • In a multi-defendant case, the parties may apply for one extension to hold the meeting upon a showing of good cause.

  • If the defendant has not been served, the case may be reset once, and a request to reset must be made at least three court days before the original hearing date.

Communication

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  • The arbitrator must promptly notify the ADR Administrator of known grounds for disqualification, after which another arbitrator will be appointed under the rules.

  • If the arbitrator cannot hold the hearing within the specified time limits, a notification must be submitted to the ADR Administrator, who returns the case to the pending-appointment list and appoints a new arbitrator.

  • No party’s settlement offers may be disclosed to the arbitrator before the award is filed.

About Judge Sheila Recio

Judge Sheila Recio is a judicial officer in the Superior Court of California, County of Orange, serving in a district of that court. The Superior Court is the state trial court for Orange County, handling civil, criminal, family, and other trial-level matters.

Practitioners will find Judge Recio's published procedures in the document 'recioprocedures.pdf'.

Common questions about Judge Sheila Recio's rules

What must be included with ex parte application filings before Judge Sheila Recio?

The rule requires declaration. Ex parte applications must include a declaration showing irreparable harm, immediate danger, or other statutory basis.

View ruleSource: page 2, section EX PARTES

When is a filing treated as filed before Judge Sheila Recio?

Parties must check in online at least 5 minutes before non-evidentiary hearings, except ex parte proceedings.

View ruleSource: page 2, section REMOTE
Complete rules summary for Judge Sheila Recio

Parties must check in online at least 5 minutes before non-evidentiary hearings, except ex parte proceedings.

Ex parte applications require a reservation by noon and filing by 1:30 pm the court day before the hearing.

Evidentiary proceedings must be in-person unless the court orders otherwise.

Parties must check in online at least 5 minutes before the 8:45 am trial call hearing.

Ex parte applications must include a declaration showing irreparable harm, immediate danger, or other statutory basis.

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