Superior Court of California
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California Superior Local Rules
Cases assigned to Judge Gassia Apkarian through May 26, 2020 will be reassigned, and hearings transferred, for all purposes as follows 1 : MINOR’S LAST NAME BEGINS WITH: ASSIGNED TO: A – D Judge Bradley Erdosi, Dept. L44 E – L Judge Douglas Hatchimonji, Dept. L43 M – R Judge Craig Arthur, Dept. L42 S – Z Judge Lewis Clapp, Dept. L41 Judge Gassia Apkarian will be assigned to Department L22, which will be designated as a dependency courtroom. Detention hearings will be heard in Departments L21 and L22.
Cases assigned to Departments L21 and L22 for purposes of juvenile justice and dependency hearings, respectively, are not assigned for all purposes to the judges presiding over these hearings, unless otherwise ordered. 1 Parties will be notified by mail if any case requires special handling or is reassigned to a judge other than the judge that is listed. Unless otherwise indicated, once a case is assigned to a particular judge or commissioner, the assignment is for all purposes. (Superior Court of California, County of Orange Local Rule 900.2) Pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure
section 170.6(a)(2), peremptory challenges are due within 15 days after notice of the case reassignment, or if the party has not yet appeared in the action, then 15 days after the appearance.