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• Civil law and motion tentative rulings posted at 3:00 p.m. the day before the hearing; a party wanting oral argument must notify all parties and the department by 4:00 p.m. the court day before the hearing, or the tentative becomes the order. Fresno Super. Ct. Local Rule 2.2.5 (Tentative Rulings) as described on the court's Tentative Rulings page
• Hearing date must be reserved with the law and motion clerk before filing any law and motion matter; discovery motions require a statement of compliance with Rule 2.1.17. Fresno Super. Ct. Local Rule 2.2.1
• No discovery motion in a civil unlimited case may be heard unless the moving party first requested an informal Pretrial Discovery Conference (exceptions: motions to compel deposition where no timely objection, initial responses, nonparty subpoenas, initial disclosures). Fresno Super. Ct. Local Rule 2.1.17(A)
• Jury instructions and verdict forms timing is set per department: Dept. 501 before the second week of trial (or second day if trial under one week); Depts. 502, 503 and 403 before the first witness is called. Fresno Super. Ct. Civil General Trial Procedures (department-specific)
• Civil ex parte: application, papers and fees to Clerk by 2:00 p.m. the day before for a morning hearing, or by 9:00 a.m. the day of hearing for an afternoon hearing. Fresno Super. Ct. Local Rule 2.7.1
• Family law: copy of pleading delivered to Judicial Officer's Clerk by 2:00 p.m. the day before the hearing. Fresno Super. Ct. Local Rule 5.2.4
• CourtCall telephonic appearances: contact CourtCall by 11:00 a.m. the day of the hearing. Fresno Super. Ct. Local Rule 4.1.2 (citing Rule 2.2.4)
• Juvenile dependency jurisdictional/dispositional reports due at least 48 hours before the hearing; other reports a reasonable time before but not less than 48 hours. Fresno Super. Ct. Local Rule 6.4.4(A)(1), (3)
• Juvenile justice: County Probation ex parte application when minor is in custody must be filed by 10:00 a.m. the day before the court day prior to the requested hearing. Fresno Super. Ct. Local Rule 6.8.4(B)
• Felony settlement conferences (renamed trial confirmations) are set in the Designated Department on Thursdays, initially two weeks before trial. Fresno Super. Ct. Local Rule 3.4.7(A)
• Traffic: defendants are allowed 60 days to complete traffic school; court staff may grant one 90-day continuance (start date of the 60 days not stated in the order). Fresno Super. Ct. Traffic Standing Order No. 20-0701 (July 1, 2020)
• CEQA: petitioner submits hard-copy trial notebook when its opening brief is filed; each party submits an appendix of excerpts with its brief (delivery arranged with the Research Department). Fresno Super. Ct. Local Rule 2.11.6(B), (C)
• CEQA: clerk sets initial case management conference approximately 120 days after the petition is filed; petitioner serves the notice with the summons and petition. Court-set, not modeled. Fresno Super. Ct. Local Rule 2.11.2(A)
• Complex/mass tort: Complex litigation and class actions (Local Rule 2.1.11) Complex cases are exempt from disposition time standards and referred to the Civil Supervising Judge; class actions are assigned to one judge for all purposes, with an initial CMC within 120 calendar days of filing, court notice at least 45 calendar days before, and a CMC statement due 15 calendar days before the initial CMC. Source

Under Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.20, county rules cannot change statewide deadlines for pleadings, motions, discovery or ex parte applications; local rules that tried to were excluded from the calculator.

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