San Joaquin Superior Court Electronic Filing Rules

The physician or treating facility must provide the required habeas-corpus or Riese documents by delivery, electronic filing, or fax, and the court calendars the hearing upon timely receipt.

The physician or treating facility shall deliver, electronically file, or fax the required documents to the court in order to calendar a hearing. The Court will calendar all writs of habeas corpus and Riese hearings upon receipt and timely filing of the requisite documents.

Electronic documents must be filed through the court’s electronic service provider.

The filing of electronic documents must be affected using the court’s electronic service provider.

Documents and materials that cannot feasibly be converted to electronic form by scanning or imaging must not be electronically filed.

Documents and other materials that are not feasibly converted to electronic form by scanning or imaging shall not be electronically filed.

Applies to

Documents ordered filed under seal

Electronic filing is prohibited for documents ordered filed under seal, which must instead be submitted directly to the clerk in paper form.

Documents ordered filed under seal cannot be electronically filed and must be submitted directly to the Clerk of the Court in paper form, compliant with CRC 2.551(d), if not previously lodged under seal.

Applies to

Document

When the court requires a document at the hearing, it must be emailed to the family court clerk as a PDF and copied to all counsel of record and self-represented parties.

In the event the court requires a party/attorney to submit a document at the time of the hearing, the party/attorney must send the document in a .pdf format to the court at familycourtclerks@sjcourts.org, and must copy all counsel of record and self-represented parties on that email.

The signed doctor report may be filed in person with the Clerk’s Office, by mail, or electronically under local rule number 6.

1. Filing the original signed document with the Clerk’s Office in person, which includes the drop box, or by mail; or, 2. Electronically filing the signed document pursuant to local rule number 6.

Applies to

Motion to seal

A motion to seal documents may be filed electronically.

A motion to file documents under seal may be filed electronically.