Los angeles trial court delay reduction act

If your case is filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court system, your judge is required to set an initial CMC no later than days after the filing of the complaint. Local Rule 3. However, most judges will schedule the initial CMC much earlier than that. Attendance by counsel is mandatory and failure to appear can result in monetary sanctions or even dismissal of the case.

First, the parties, through their counsel, are required to meet in person or by phone no later than 30 days prior to the CMC to discuss the topics listed in CRC 3. The following is a brief summary of some issues that should be discussed:.

Check your local rules for due dates. This form includes all the information the judge needs to know in order to properly conduct the CMC. The Case Management Statement contains 20 questions and each question must be answered. Many of the questions deal with whether or not the parties have accomplished required tasks like filing proofs of service, serving or responding to discovery, and whether the parties have met and conferred in advance of the CMC.

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The Judicial Council, in conjunction with other interested groups as it determines appropriate, may prepare and administer a program, consistent with the policies and requirements of this article, for the training of judges in administering the delay reduction program. Judges shall, in consultation with the bar of the county to the maximum extent feasible develop and publish the procedures, standards, and policies which will be used in the program, including time standards for the conclusion of all critical steps in the litigation process, including discovery, and shall meet on a regular basis with the bar of the county in order to explain and publicize the program and the procedures, standards, and policies which shall govern cases assigned to the program.

The procedures, standards, and policies to be used in the program shall be filed, distributed, and maintained pursuant to Section and the California Rules of Court, and shall also be published for general distribution. In its discretion, the Judicial Council may assist in the development of, or may develop and adopt, any or all of such procedures, standards, or policies on a statewide basis.

The Judicial Council may receive and expend on the programs established by this article any funds available from county, state, or federal government or other sources which may be available for such purposes.

Nothing in this article is intended to prevent a presiding judge from directing the use of the methods of delay reduction specified in Section by judges who are not part of an exemplary delay reduction program. In its discretion, the Judicial Council may contract out for performance of any of the duties imposed by this article. Delay reduction rules shall not require shorter time periods than as follows: a Service of the complaint within 60 days after filing.

Exceptions, for longer periods of time, 1 may be granted as authorized by local rule and 2 shall be granted on a showing that service could not reasonably be achieved within the time required with the exercise of due diligence consistent with the amount in controversy.

The parties may stipulate to an additional 15 days. Exceptions, for longer periods of time, may be granted as authorized by local rule. Superior Court Cal. Augustyn held that the "master calendar rule" set forth in section The reference to Augustyn in Local Rule The purpose of section , subdivision a is to avoid penalizing the parties for delays in the mail.

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