SACRAMENTO COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT: CIVIL DIVISION EXPANSION OF MANDATORY CIVIL SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE AND LONG CAUSE CIVIL TRIAL ASSIGNMENT CALENDARS

The Court will expand its Mandatory Civil Settlement Conference and Long Cause Civil Trial Assignment calendars effective August 1, 2024. For trial assignments out of Department 47, the limit of 16 matters on the Monday and Tuesday Trial Assignment calendars will be increased to twenty-five. For matters set in Department 59, the limit of four settlement conferences in the morning and four in the afternoon will be increased to six.

Effective August 1, 2024, any case referred to the Trial Setting Process that has not yet selected Mandatory Settlement Conference and Trial Assignments dates will be able to select dates created by the calendar expansion.

Parties wishing to advance already set Mandatory Civil Settlement Conference and Long Cause Civil Trial Assignment dates must submit a Stipulation and Proposed Order pursuant to CRC 3.734 and the appropriate filing fee to Department 47 through eFiling or the Civil Front Counter. The Stipulation should include three agreed-upon Mandatory Settlement Conference dates and three agreed-upon Trial Assignment dates. The Presiding Judge will not advance already set Settlement Conference and Trial Assignment dates upon ex parte application or motion of either party.

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