California Codes, Code of Civil Procedure - CCP, Part 2 — Of Civil Actions, Title 4 — Of the Place of Trial, Reclassification, and Coordination of Civil Actions, Chapter 3 — Coordination, Section 404.3
A judge assigned pursuant to Section 404 who determines that coordination is appropriate shall order the actions coordinated, report that fact to the Chairperson of the Judicial Council, and the Chairperson of the Judicial Council shall either assign a judge to hear and determine the actions in the site or sites the assigned judge finds appropriate or authorize the presiding judge of a court to assign the matter to judicial officers of the court in the same manner as assignments are made in other civil cases.
Notes
Requires a judge who finds coordination appropriate to order the actions coordinated and report that determination to the Judicial Council chair. Requires the chair either to assign a judge to hear and decide the coordinated actions at appropriate sites or to authorize a presiding judge to assign the matter to judicial officers as in other civil cases.
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