Sections
10 entriesSection 404Allows specified judges or parties to petition the Judicial Council chair to coordinate complex civil actions pending in different courts that share…Section 404.1Defines when coordination of civil actions sharing a common fact or law question is appropriate by requiring that one judge hearing all…Section 404.2Requires an assigned coordination judge, when coordinated actions fall within more than one reviewing court’s jurisdiction, to select the reviewing court with…Section 404.3Requires a judge who finds coordination appropriate to order the actions coordinated and report that determination to the Judicial Council chair. Requires…Section 404.4Allows a presiding judge, a party with a supporting affidavit, or all plaintiffs or defendants in a qualifying action to request coordination…Section 404.5Allows the judge deciding whether civil-action coordination is appropriate to stay any action under consideration for coordination, or any action affecting one…Section 404.6Allows any party to petition the appropriate reviewing court for mandate relief within 20 days after service of written notice of entry…Section 404.7Requires the Judicial Council, notwithstanding other law, to establish by rule the practice and procedure for coordinating civil actions in convenient courts.…Section 404.8Requires the state, from funds appropriated to the Judicial Council, to pay or reimburse expenses of the assigned judge, other necessary judicial…Section 404.9Allows a presiding judge to delegate any duty assigned to the presiding judge by the chapter to another judge of the court.…