Sacramento Superior Court

The Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento, alternatively called the Sacramento County Superior Court, is the California Superior Court located in Sacramento with jurisdiction over Sacramento County.

Courthouses

Gordon D. Schaber Courthouse

The Gordon D. Schaber downtown courthouse is the main courthouse of the court. As well as providing the main trial courtrooms, the courthouse contains the administrative offices of the court (including the Presiding Judge), and the general civil and criminal case processing support services of the court system. The Gordon D. Schaber Courthouse is located at 720 9th Street.

Other courthouses

;William R. Ridgeway Family Relations Courthouse
Family law, juvenile dependency, and probate cases

;Carol Miller Justice Center
Small claims, traffic, DUI and unlawful detainer cases

;Hall of Justice
Civil Law and Motion and civil settlement conferences

;Juvenile Courthouse
Juvenile delinquency cases

;Lorenzo Patiño Hall of Justice
Criminal cases

Administration

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the Sacramento County Superior Court has adopte
Local Rules
for its government and the government of its officers.

Officers

There are several officers of the court, including judges, jurors, commissioners, prosecutors, defense attorneys, clerks, bailiffs, and court reporters.

Judges

The current judges are:

* George A. Acero
* Stephen Acquisto
* James P. Arguelles
* Bunmi O. Awoniyi
* Thadd A. Blizzard
* Tami R. Bogert
* David W. Bonilla
* Lawrence G. Brown
* Daniel J. Calabretta
* André Campbell
* Shelleyanne Wai Ling Chang
* Donald J. Currier
* Dena M. Coggins
* Lauri A. Damrell
* Carlton G. Davis
* Joginder S. Dhillon
* Philip A. Ferrari
* Curtis M. Fiorini
* Benjamin D. Galloway
* Matthew J. Gary
* Steven M. Gevercer
* Maryanne G. Gilliard
* Helena R. Gweon
* Jonathan R. Hayes
* Augustin R. Jimenez
* Michael P. Kenny
* Christopher E. Krueger
* R. Stephen Lapham
* Alyson L. Lewis
* Kristina B. Lindquist
* Deborah D. Lobre
* Sharon A. Lueras
* Patrick Marlette
* Kevin J. McCormick
* James E. McFetridge
* Kenneth C. Mennemeier
* Shama H. Mesiwala
* James M. Mize
* Andi Mudryk
* Delbert W. Oros
* Alexander J. Pal
* Satnam S. Rattu
* Jennifer K. Rockwell
* Michael A. Savage
* Ernest W. Sawtelle
* Paul L. Seave
* Peter K. Southworth
* Richard K. Sueyoshi
* Allen H. Sumner
* Michael W. Sweet
* Jill H. Talley
* Scott L. Tedmon
* Kara K. Ueda
* Laurel D. White
* Steve White
* Allison Williams
* John P. Winn
* Gerrit W. Wood
* Julie G. Yap

Commissioners

A commissioner is a subordinate judicial officer elected by the judges of the Court and given the power to hear and make decisions in certain kinds of legal matters, similar to the United States magistrate judge. Their jurisdiction includes, but is not limited to, traffic matters, family law and juvenile cases, criminal misdemeanors, and criminal felony cases through the preliminary hearing stage.

The Sacramento County Superior Court has 12 commissioners and 1 referee assigned as follows:

Robert J. Artuz - Traffic Trials

Jaya Badiga - Child Support/Domestic Violence Court

Kenneth N. Brody - Felony and Misdemeanor Home Court

Alin Cintean - Criminal Arraignments (Felony and Misdemeanor)

Scott P. Harman - Family Law/Child Support

Alicia Hartley - Unlawful Detainer Trials and Traffic Trials

Peter S. Helfer - Traffic

Gary Link - Traffic

Kimberly E. Parker - Family Law

Dave Shaw - Traffic Trials

Myrlys Stockdale-Coleman - Family Law/Domestic Violence

Martin E. Tejeda - Unlawful Detainer Trials and Traffic Trials

Referee Marlene E. Clark - Juvenile Dependency

Prosecutors

The Sacramento County District Attorney, currently Anne Marie Schubert, prosecutes crimes before the court on behalf of California, Sacramento County, and all cities and special districts within Sacramento County.

Public Defenders

The Sacramento County Public Defender provides criminal defense services for those unable to afford private counsel. The current acting public defender is Amanda M. Benson

For cases where the public defender has a legal conflict or is otherwise unable to provide services, services are provided by a group of private attorneys compensated by the Court. The County of Sacramento coordinates this process through the Conflict Criminal Defenders department.

Bailiffs

The functions of the bailiff are carried out by Sacramento County Sheriff under contract.

References

External links

Official website

Case Index

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