SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES CHAPTER Three CIVIL DIVISION RULES 43 3.1 APPLICABILITY ...........................................................................................43 GENERAL PROVISIONS ..............................................................43 3.2 ASSIGNMENT OF CASES ...........................................................................43 3.3 ASSIGNMENT OF DIRECT CALENDAR CASES .....................................43 (a) Proportionate Assignment .....................................................................43 (b) Regulation of Case Assignment ............................................................43 (c) Notice of Case Assignment ...................................................................43 (d) Improper Refiling ..................................................................................43 (e) Duty of Counsel .....................................................................................43 (f) Related Cases .........................................................................................44 (g) Consolidation of Cases ..........................................................................44 (h) Coordination of Non-Complex Cases ....................................................44 (i) Assignment for All Purposes .................................................................44 (j) Effect of Judge Unavailability ...............................................................45 (k) Complex Litigation ................................................................................45 3.4 ELECTRONIC FILING ..................................................................................46 (a) Mandatory Electronic Filing ..................................................................46 (b) Exemptions from Mandatory Electronic Filing .....................................46 (c) Timing for Electronic Filing ..................................................................46 (d) Timing for Exempted Filing ..................................................................46 (e) Lodged Materials ...................................................................................46 (f) Time for Filing of Ex Parte Applications ..............................................46 3.5 TIME FOR HEARINGS .................................................................................47 (a) Writs and Receivers Departments .........................................................47 (b) Limited Unlawful Detainers and Limited Civil .....................................47 (c) Supplemental and Miscellaneous Proceedings in the Central District ...................................................................................................47 (d) Districts Other Than Central District .....................................................47 3.6 TELEPHONIC APPEARANCES...................................................................47 (a) Compliance with California Rules of Court ..........................................47 (b) Private Vendor for Appearances ............................................................47 (c) Timing of Appearance ...........................................................................47 (d) Ex Parte Application .............................................................................47 (e) Recordings of Proceedings ....................................................................47 3.7 EVIDENCE AT HEARING ...........................................................................48 3.8 JUDICIAL NOTICE .......................................................................................48 -vii- SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES (a) Court Files .............................................................................................48 (b) Files from Other Courts .........................................................................48 3.9 JUDICIAL REFERENCE (Code Civ. Proc., § 638 et seq.; Cal. Rules of Court, rules 3.900, 3.920; Local Rule 2.24.) ...................................................48 (a) Availability of Referee ..........................................................................48 (b) Form for Approval .................................................................................48 (c) Judgment ................................................................................................48 3.10 SANCTIONS ..................................................................................................48 3.11 CONTEMPT ...................................................................................................48 (a) Order to Show Cause .............................................................................49 (b) Trial .......................................................................................................49 (c) Punishment ............................................................................................49 3.12 RESERVED ...................................................................................................49 3.13 RESERVED ...................................................................................................49 3.14 RESERVED ...................................................................................................49 3.15 RESERVED ...................................................................................................49 3.16 RESERVED ...................................................................................................49 3.17 RESERVED ...................................................................................................49 3.18 RESERVED ...................................................................................................49 3.19 RESERVED ...................................................................................................49 3.20 RESERVED ...................................................................................................49 3.21 RESERVED ...................................................................................................49 CASE MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSITION .............................49 3.22 CASE REMOVED TO FEDERAL COURT ..................................................49 3.23 EXEMPTION FROM CASE MANAGEMENT RULES ..............................50 3.24 CASE MANAGEMENT ................................................................................50 (a) Purpose ..................................................................................................50 (b) Cases Exempted .....................................................................................50 (c) Differentiation of Cases to Achieve Goals (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.714) ..............................................................................................50 (d) Case Evaluation Factors (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.715) ...................51 3.25 CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE .....................................................51 -viii- SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES (a) Case Management Conference/Review .................................................51 (b) Conduct of Case Management Conference ...........................................52 (c) Setting the Trial Date .............................................................................52 (d) Settlement Conference ...........................................................................52 (e) Written Statements for Settlement Conferences ....................................52 (f) Final Trial Preparation ...........................................................................53 (g) Discretionary Final Status Conference Preparation Orders ...................53 (h) Reasonable Trial Time Estimate ............................................................53 3.26 LITIGATION CONDUCT .............................................................................54 3.27 LIMITED JURISDICTION UNLAWFUL DETAINER CASE MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................54 3.28 RESERVED ...................................................................................................54 3.29 RESERVED ...................................................................................................54 3.30 RESERVED ...................................................................................................54 3.31 RESERVED ...................................................................................................54 3.32 RESERVED ...................................................................................................54 3.33 RESERVED ...................................................................................................54 3.34 RESERVED ...................................................................................................54 3.35 RESERVED ...................................................................................................54 3.36 RESERVED ...................................................................................................54 CIVIL TRIAL PROCEDURE .........................................................54 3.37 ENFORCEMENT AND SANCTIONS ..........................................................54 3.38 RESERVED ...................................................................................................55 3.39 RESERVED ...................................................................................................55 3.40 RESERVED ...................................................................................................55