San Mateo Tentative Rulings (2024)

FAQs

Do judges change tentative rulings? ›

Courts that issue tentative rulings usually do so the day before a hearing or on the day of the hearing. A court may modify or reverse a tentative ruling at any time.

The tentative ruling may note any issues on which the court wishes the parties to provide further argument at the hearing. This procedure must not require the parties to give notice of intent to appear, and the tentative ruling will not automatically become the ruling of the court if such notice is not given.

TENTATIVE RULINGS: The Court may post a tentative ruling online at lacourt.org by 3:00 p.m. on the day before the scheduled law and motion hearing.

The people of San Mateo County are served by a Superior Court. The United States District Court for the Northern District of California has jurisdiction in San Mateo County. Appeals from the Northern District go to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

App. 4th 1242 (Oliverez). Oliverez collected authorities holding that, generally, one trial judge may not reconsider or overrule an interlocutory ruling of another trial judge.

Appeal: After a decision is made, you can appeal the ruling, citing judicial bias as one of the grounds for appeal. Judicial Complaint: You can also file a complaint with the relevant judicial ethics commission, which may investigate and potentially sanction the judge if the actions are below ethical standards.

If the court issues a document called a tentative decision, it means that the court is tending towards that holding and that you should address that specifically in your next hearing/trial to try to change the court's mind if you disagree with it.

1 Every California judge is familiar with the requirement to issue timely decisions under a constitu- tional provision (Article VI, Section 19) that sets a deadline for judicial decisions: 90 days after the matter is submitted for decision.

A motion to recuse a judge can be filed by the prosecutor, the defense attorney, or the plaintiff or defendant in either a criminal or civil case. If you want to disqualify a judge, you must file a motion that includes specific language listed in the law at CCP 170.6. 4. This motion must be filed on time.

The court files its written opinion within 90 days of oral argument. The decision becomes final 30 days after filing.

What cases go to California Superior Court? ›

The Superior Court has jurisdiction over misdemeanor and felony criminal charges. Misdemeanors are offenses generally punishable by fine and/or county jail term, and felonies are generally punishable by imprisonment in the State prison and/or fines, or even the death penalty.

Rule 45(a)(1)(A)(iii) provides that a subpoena can command a person to do one or more of three things: (1) attend and testify (at a deposition or trial); (2) produce documents, electronically stored information (ESI), or tangible items; and/or (3) permit the inspection of a premises.

(5) "Permanent medical excuse" means a release from jury service granted by the jury commissioner to a person with a disability whose condition is unlikely to resolve and who, with or without disability-related accommodations, including auxiliary aids or services, is not capable of performing jury service.

By law, a juror must be at least 18 years old to be eligible to be summoned and serve, but there is no limitation of age after that to preclude a juror from performing their jury service.

Yes. A court generally maintains power to correct an incorrect sentence. This means that if the sentence was brought about by a clerical error, the court can simply amend the abstract of judgment to reflect the correct sentence.

When the Supreme Court rules on a constitutional issue, that judgment is virtually final; its decisions can be altered only by the rarely used procedure of constitutional amendment or by a new ruling of the Court.

In the judicial realm, the legal cases should be decided based on relevant facts and law only with minimal extraneous factors. In principle, the decisions of a judge should be devoid of influences such as whether a judge is hungry, exhausted, or the manner in which a case is presented.