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ATTORNEY SERVICES INFORMATION MEETING
March 11, 2013
Department 1
Stanley Mosk Courthouse
TODAY’S OBJECTIVES
• Describe Briefly the Court’s Consolidation Plan• Provide Resources for Your Information• Describe New Procedures• Provide the Timing and Location(s) of
Documentation Processing from March 18, 2013 Forward
FIRST, TERMINOLOGY
• General Jurisdiction: $25,000 & GreaterPersonal Injury/Remaining Cases
• Limited Jurisdiction: $25,000 & LessCollections, Unlawful Detainers, Remaining
• Small Claims
SECOND, LOCATIONS
• General Jurisdiction: PI @ Mosk, I/C @ Mosk and Designated District Locations
• Collections: Norwalk & Chatsworth• Unlawful Detainers: Lancaster, Mosk, Long
Beach, Pasadena, Santa Monica• Remaining Limited: Mosk • Small Claims: Mosk, Alhambra, Downey,
Inglewood, Lancaster, and Van Nuys East
COURTHOUSE CLOSURES
• Ten Courthouses Will Be Closed or Limited in Usage
– Huntington Park; Whittier– Pomona North; Malibu– West Los Angeles; Beverly Hills– San Pedro; Beacon Street– Catalina; Kenyon Juvenile Justice Center
Starting from Small and Going Forward………
Small Claims
Limited
General Jurisdiction
Mosk
Downey
Van Nuys-East
Alhambra
Inglewood
MOSK
DOWNEY
ALHAMBRA
VAN NUYS EASTINGLEWOOD
SMALL CLAIMS
LANCASTER
SMALL CLAIMS: FROM 27 TO 6
• Hub Small Claims In Five Courthouses
• Small Claims Cases Will Be Filed And Heard
Only At These Locations.
• Mosk, Alhambra, Downey, Van Nuys,
Inglewood
SMALL CLAIMS
Sources of Filings Courthouse
Central (Mosk) Stanley Mosk
East District , North Central District, North East District, East LA Courthouse Alhambra
North West District, North Valley District Van Nuys - East
South District, Southeast District, South Central District Downey
West District, Southwest District Inglewood
Van Nuys
Mosk
Alhambra
Downey
Inglewood
CIVIL: THE BIG PICTURE
• Utilize Differential Case Management For Certain
Case Types
– Collections Cases, PI Cases, and Limited Civil Cases
• Maintain I/C Courts
• Reduce Number Of Courtrooms
• Use of Master Calendar Departments (MCD)
Limited Jurisdiction: CRC 3.740
•CollectionsChatsworth
•All Others Except UD’s
Mosk
•CollectionsNorwalk
REMAINING LIMITED…….TO MOSK MASTER CALENDAR
All Limited Civil Cases Except for Collections & Unlawful Detainers Filed at the Mosk Courthouse
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Chatsworh
Norwalk
Mosk
Unlawful Detainer
Santa Monica Pasadena Stanley MoskLong Beach
Unlawful Detainers Sources of Filings Courthouses
Central (Mosk)Stanley Mosk
North Valley District, North Central District, Northeast District, East District, East LA Courthouse Pasadena
Southeast District, South Central District, South District, Southwest District (not Inglewood) Long Beach
West District, Northwest District, InglewoodSanta Monica
Pasadena
Mosk
Long Beach
Santa Monica
GENERAL JURISDICTION
• Individual Calendar Courts (I/C) Retained • PI Cases Transferred To Mosk Master
Calendars• All PI Cases Filed At Mosk Courthouse
– Master Calendar – With Limited Exceptions
PROBATE
All Probate Matters Will be Transferred to the Mosk
Courthouse; New File Date is April 8, 2013 with Remaining
Transfers by June, 2013
IMPLEMENTATION DATES
• New Filings in Hubs: March 18
• Lay-Offs and Cascades: June 15
• Court Closures: Completed by July 1
March 18, 2013 New Locations for New Filings
• General Jurisdiction Personal Injury Cases
• Limited Jurisdiction Non-Collection• Collection Cases• Unlawful Detainers• Small Claims
General Jurisdiction
New Filing
Personal Injury
Filed @ Stanley Mosk
Definition of “Personal Injury” Case
• Tort Action for Bodily Injury, Wrongful Death, Damages to Personal Property
• Unlimited Civil Action Described on the Civil Case Cover Sheet Addendum (LACIV 109)
• Exclusions: Asbestos, Toxic/Environmental, Injury to Real Property, IIED, Defamation, Civil Rights/Discrimination, Malpractice (≠ Medmal)
Supplemental Filings
Filings for PI cases (General as Defined and Limited as Non-collections, Non-Unlawful Detainers) will be scheduled as follows:
PI and LJ Moves
• Mosk (IC to PI) 3/18 6,400 • Chatsworth 4/2 1,300 • Norwalk 4/2 1,200 • Pasadena 4/8 900 • Torrance 4/8 1,300
• Compton 4/15 700 • Long Beach 4/15 1,000 • Antelope Valley 4/22 600 • Burbank 4/22 800 • Pomona 4/22 1,200 • Glendale 4/29 700
• Glendale 4/29 700 • Santa Monica 5/6 2,100 • Van Nuys 5/13 1,800
Collections
• April 2 Mosk 6400 • April 8 Santa Monica 1800 • April 15 Alhambra 1200
Burbank 500Glendale 1300
• April 22 Van Nuys 5300
• April 29 Lancaster 1800Beverly Hills 1700Compton 1700Inglewood 1200
• May 6 Bellflower 1000Downey 1000El Monte 1000Huntington Park 1000Long Beach 1900Pasadena 1000San Pedro 700Torrance 1000West Covina 3500Whittier 100
UNLAWFUL DETAINERS
• May 13 Bellflower 200 • May 20 Alhambra 200
Beverly Hills 100Burbank 100Chatsworth 800Compton 500Downey 300East Los Angeles200
UNLAWFUL DETAINERSEl Monte 300
Glendale 200Huntington Park 200Inglewood 400Pomona 300West Covina 500
• May 28 San Pedro 700
Torrance 200Van Nuys 1,300
SMALL CLAIMS• May 13 Bellflower 200
Chatsworth 1,100El Monte 300Pomona 300
• May 20 Beverly Hills 600Compton 500East Los Angeles 300Glendale 900Huntington Park 400West Covina 500
SMALL CLAIMS
• May 28 Long Beach 900Pasadena 500San Pedro 300Santa Monica 1,000Torrance 500West Los Angeles 700Whittier 200
Filing Collections Cases
• Dedicated Collections Filing Windows
• Drop Off Model (DOM)• Document Order• Court Email Address• Fax Filing
Collections Filing Windows
The Chatsworth and Norwalk Collections Hubs will have at least two dedicated filing windows open during business hours.
DOM
The new “Drop Off Model” currently utilized by the Civil Filing Windows at Stanley Mosk Courthouse will be implemented at Chatsworth and Norwalk Collection Hubs.
Exceptions may be made under certain circumstances (e.g. for self-represented litigants), however, no more than three (3) filings will be processed at the filing window at a time.
Document Order
To facilitate efficient processing of your documents, we ask that you submit them in the following order:1. Complaint2. Civil Case Cover sheet3. Civil case cover sheet addendum4. Summons5. Consent Form6. Check (payable to Los Angeles Superior Court)
Court Email Address• Collections Email Addresses have been established
for clerical and courtroom staff to send and receive notifications to attorneys (or designees) regarding collections filings (e.g. rejections, fees, etc.).
• Court staff will NOT be obligated to respond to emails received by attorneys (or designees).
• Documents/attachments will not be sent or received.
• Emails (sent and received) will be automatically deleted after 3 days.
FAX FILING
• Fax Filings for collections cases will only be accepted at the appropriate Collections Hub effective March 18, 2013.
• Fax Filing numbers (if different) will be announced prior to March 18, 2013 and posted on the Court’s Website.
• Fax Filing procedures and charges will apply as before.
RESOURCES
• ALL INFORMATION WILL BE ON THE COURT’S WEBSITE
• COPY OF POWERPOINT PROVIDED UPON REQUEST