Active Trial judge
Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento
California · Sacramento
Overview
Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.
Before you appear
Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.
Statewide and courtwide guidance is labeled by scope and is not evidence of a personal preference. Division, judge-specific, or case-specific orders may control.
Presentation rules
Department 8C hears noticed civil motions Mondays and Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m. A reservation is required.
Department 8C - Noticed Motions
The requirement is stated in current official court rules and is attached at court scope, not as a personal preference.
Department 8C posts tentative rulings by 2:00 p.m. on the court day before the hearing; a party seeking oral argument must notify the department and opposing counsel by 4:00 p.m.
Tentative rulings are posted by 2:00 p.m. on the court day before the hearing
The requirement is stated in current official court rules and is attached at court scope, not as a personal preference.
At least seven days before trial, parties must meet and confer and exchange motions in limine; motions, oppositions, and the list of disputed motions must be filed at least two court days before the first trial day.
At least seven (7) days before trial, all parties must meet and confer and exchange motions in limine
The requirement is stated in current official court rules and is attached at court scope, not as a personal preference.
On the first day of trial, counsel must submit agreed and disputed jury instructions to the assigned trial judge electronically in Microsoft Word format.
submit to the assigned trial judge electronically, in Microsoft Word format
The requirement is stated in current official court rules and is attached at court scope, not as a personal preference.
Before the first day of trial, counsel must meet and confer on exhibits and prepare binders containing copies of agreed exhibits for the judge, clerk, and counsel.
prepare binders containing copies of the agreed upon exhibits for use by the judge, clerk, and counsel
The requirement is stated in current official court rules and is attached at court scope, not as a personal preference.
Audio or video presented through court equipment must use a non-proprietary format that works in VLC Media Player or Windows Media Player; parties may instead provide their own equipment.
must be provided in a non-proprietary format that can be played using VLC Media Player or Windows Media Player
The requirement is stated in current official court rules and is attached at court scope, not as a personal preference.
The court may require electronically presented documents, spreadsheets, and reports to be supplied as text-searchable PDF files.
Documents, spreadsheets and reports must be provided in text searchable PDF format
The requirement is stated in current official court rules and is attached at court scope, not as a personal preference.
Digital evidence must be free of viruses and malware, must be scannable, and must not be compressed or zipped.
Digital evidence files may not be compressed or zipped
The requirement is stated in current official court rules and is attached at court scope, not as a personal preference.
A party unable to comply with the Digital Evidence Policy may move for an exception and, if granted, must supply the technology or software needed to present the evidence.
A party may file a motion seeking an exception to this policy
The requirement is stated in current official court rules and is attached at court scope, not as a personal preference.
A party offering an electronic sound or sound-and-video recording must provide the court and opposing parties a transcript and provide opposing parties a duplicate of the recording.
the party must provide to the court and to opposing parties a transcript of the electronic recording and provide opposing parties with a duplicate of the electronic recording
The requirement is stated in an official statewide source and is attached as applicable guidance, not as a personal preference.
California courts should permit remote participation in covered civil proceedings, subject to the statute, local rules, and controlling orders.
courts should permit parties to appear remotely at conferences, hearings, and proceedings in civil cases consistent with Code of Civil Procedure section 367.75
The requirement is stated in an official statewide source and is attached as applicable guidance, not as a personal preference.
Covered civil parties and witnesses may appear remotely, and the court may conduct proceedings in whole or in part using remote technology.
that party or witness may appear remotely and the court may conduct conferences, hearings, and proceedings, in whole or in part, through the use of remote technology
The requirement is stated in an official statewide source and is attached as applicable guidance, not as a personal preference.
Court proceedings may not be photographed, recorded, or broadcast except as Rule 1.150 permits.
Except as provided in this rule, court proceedings may not be photographed, recorded, or broadcast.
The requirement is stated in an official statewide source and is attached as applicable guidance, not as a personal preference.
In expedited jury trials, parties may use slides, electronic presentations, projections, exhibit notebooks, and other methods approved at the pretrial conference.
the parties may present summaries and may use photographs, diagrams, slides, electronic presentations, overhead projections, individual notebooks of exhibits for submission to the jurors, or other innovative methods of presentation approved at the pretrial conference
The requirement is stated in an official statewide source and is attached as applicable guidance, not as a personal preference.
Voluntary expedited jury trial submissions must identify party agreements concerning electronic presentations and other proposed presentation methods.
Any agreements of the parties to use photographs, diagrams, slides, electronic presentations, overhead projections, notebooks of exhibits, or other methods of presenting information to the jury
The requirement is stated in an official statewide source and is attached as applicable guidance, not as a personal preference.
An exhibit must be admitted by the judge before it may be used in the case.
The judge must to allow you to admit the exhibit as evidence in order for you to use it in your case.
The requirement is stated in an official statewide source and is attached as applicable guidance, not as a personal preference.
Courtroom technology
Technology availability is separate from procedural permission and evidentiary admissibility.
Published opinion footprint
This does not mean the judge has no published opinions or no caseload. KYJ will only show opinion counts after transparent, source-linked CourtListener matching is available.
Sources
Identity source · HTML · retrieved July 28, 2026
https://www.saccourt.ca.gov/divisions/civil/civil-home-courtsCourtroom-specific · HTML · retrieved July 28, 2026
https://www.saccourt.ca.gov/divisions/civil/civil-home-courtsStatewide · HTML · retrieved July 26, 2026
https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/two/rule2_1040Statewide · HTML · retrieved July 26, 2026
https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/three/rule3_672Statewide · HTML · retrieved July 26, 2026
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=367.75.&lawCode=CCPStatewide · HTML · retrieved July 26, 2026
https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/one/rule1_150Statewide · HTML · retrieved July 26, 2026
https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/three/rule3_1551Statewide · HTML · retrieved July 26, 2026
https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/three/rule3_1548Statewide · HTML · retrieved July 26, 2026
https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/how-introduce-exhibits-trialCourtroom-specific · HTML · retrieved July 28, 2026
https://www.saccourt.ca.gov/divisions/civil/filing-guidelines-department-informationCourtwide · PDF · retrieved July 28, 2026
https://www.saccourt.ca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/1208/639184911463700000Courtwide · PDF · retrieved July 28, 2026
https://www.saccourt.ca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/221/639084033372830000Change history
Identity imported from Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento. 16 presentation-related claims migrated with source provenance.