Superior Court of California

a77b4998fb3cd524ae9de1f3c9824571120c0826

California Superior Local Rules

1 | P a g e July 16, 2021 Superior Court of California County of Orange Announcement Public Information Office Contact: Kostas Kalaitzidis, (657) 622-7097 Court Expansion of Online Check-in / Zoom Pilot Program And Courtroom Relocations Santa Ana, CA –The Orange County Superior Court implemented an online check-in pilot program starting June 7, 2021 to facilitate the use of Zoom for hearings, including law and motion calendars, at zero cost to the public. Courtrooms participating in this program will be using Zoom in lieu of CourtCall for remote hearings.

Given the success of the use of Zoom in the limited pilot, the Court will expand the program to all Civil Unlimited courtroom per the following implementation schedule: Effective July th Department Judicial Officer C19 Judge Schwarm C25 Judge Marks C42 Judge Hoffer Effective July th Department Judicial Officer C22 Judge Salter C64 Judge Slaughter N17 Judge Griffin Effective August nd Department Judicial Officer C11 Judge Gastelum C18 Judge Howard C20 Judge Hurwitz Expansion of the program to other courtrooms such as Complex and Civil Limited will be considered in the future.

All counsel and self-represented parties appearing for hearings scheduled in the pilot program courtrooms must check-in online prior to the commencement of their hearing through the Court's civil video appearance website at https://www.occourts.org/media-relations/aci.html. Once the online check-in is completed, counsel and self-represented parties will be prompted to join the courtroom’s Zoom hearing session. Participants will initially be directed to a virtual waiting room while the clerk provides access to the video hearing.

Effective August th Department Judicial Officer C21 Judge Servino C23 Judge Hunt C24 Judge George C26 Judge Lewis Effective August th Department Judicial Officer C32 Judge Gooding C33 Judge Crandall C34 Judge Zeltzer Effective August th Department Judicial Officer C13 Judge McCormick 2 | P a g e Check-in instructions and an instructional video are available on the court’s website at https://www.occourts.org/media-relations/civil.html. Effective August 2, 2021, the check-in process will also be available via mobile application and instructions will also be available on the court’s website.

The court will also relocate selected Civil Unlimited courtrooms from the Central Justice Center (CJC) to the North Justice Center (NJC) or West Justice Center (WJC) per the

schedule noted below. Notice will be distributed to all active cases assigned to the noted judicial officers. ### Current JC/Dept Judicial Officer New JC/Dept Effective Date CJC - C64 Judge Slaughter NJC - N15 August 2, 2021 CJC - C22 Judge Salter NJC - N6 August 16, 2021 CJC - C31 Judge Lee WJC - W15 August 16, 2021 CJC - C19 Judge Schwarm WJC- W8 September 7, 2021

Document details

Collection	California Superior Local Rules
Citation	a77b4998fb3cd524ae9de1f3c9824571120c0826
Type	court_rule
Language	en
Format	pdf
Source	CA_LOCAL
Identifier	a77b4998fb3cd524ae9de1f3c9824571120c0826

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