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René C. Davidson Courthouse, built in 1934 in Oakland to house the entire Alameda County Superior Court. Used mostly for felony criminal cases. Includes a civil division clerk's office (e.g. for filing restraining orders) and appeals unit. Wiley W. Manuel Courthouse, Oakland, named for Associate Justice Wiley Manuel of the California Supreme ...
In 2002, the California Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) started the Second-Generation Electronic Filing Specification (2GEFS) project. [5]After a $200,000 consultant's report declared the project ready for a final push, the Judicial Council of California scrapped the program in 2012 after $500 million in costs.
Another quirk is that because the superior courts are now fully unified with all courts of inferior jurisdiction, the superior courts must hear relatively minor cases that previously would have been heard in such inferior courts, such as infractions, misdemeanors, "limited civil" actions (actions where the amount in controversy is below $35,000), and "small claims" actions.
Been assigned to the trial department for jury selection and participated until excused by the jury commissioner. Attended court but was not assigned to the trial department before the end of that ...
Rule 2.1008 in the 2024 California Rules of Court says prospective jurors with physical or mental disabilities that don’t affect their competence but could cause them harm can be excused from ...
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It contains 20 court departments, the Alameda County sheriff and marshal's substation, and District Attorney offices. It is the largest full-service courthouse in Alameda County, hearing criminal, civil, juvenile, family law, and Proposition 36 drug court cases. [3] Hayward traffic cases are now handled at the Fremont Hall of Justice in Fremont ...
The 1991 murder conviction of Curtis Lee Ervin, 71, was overturned this month after the state attorney general's office concluded that a prosecutor in the Alameda County District Attorney's Office ...