The Honorable Ronald L. Styn will conclude more than 20 years on the San Diego Superior Court bench on Friday, April 16, 2021. Judge Styn, a native San Diegan and graduate of Chula Vista High School, earned a B.A. from the University of Redlands before going on to earn his law degree from Stanford Law School.

The San Diego Superior Court is seeking applicants to fill a vacancy on the San Diego County Juvenile Justice Commission (JJC). The Juvenile Justice Commission is a state-mandated, court-appointed citizens’ commission. Its purpose is to inquire into the administration of juvenile court law in San Diego County, to provide leadership for citizen action and to promote an effective juvenile justice system operated in an environment of credibility, dignity, fairness and respect for the youth of San Diego County.

The San Diego Superior Court website (sdcourt.ca.gov) will not be available due to a planned power outage starting

Friday, April 9 at 7:30 p.m. through Saturday, April 10 at 2:00 p.m.

The outage will affect all San Diego Superior Court webpages and court systems, including the Court Index, Register of Actions and other court applications.

The San Diego Superior Court will be closed on Wednesday, March 31, 2021, in observance of the court-wide holiday commemorating Cesar Chavez Day. The public is urged to visit the Court’s website at sdcourt.ca.gov to handle traffic tickets or obtain court information.

The San Diego Superior Court website (sdcourt.ca.gov) will not be available due to maintenance on Saturday, March 27 from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. The website closure will affect all San Diego Superior Court webpages.

Effective April 15, the San Diego Superior Court will require that filings submitted by attorneys for represented parties in all Limited and Unlimited Civil or Probate matters be filed electronically. This new mandatory e-filing requirement comes after being introduced as an option in these case types in 2013 and is the latest phase in the Court’s Electronic Filing and Imaging Pilot Program.

The Honorable Randa Trapp will retire on March 17, 2021, after serving 18 years on the bench. Judge Trapp, a native San Diegan, proud graduate of Lincoln High School, and a veteran of the United States Navy, earned a B.A. in Political Science from San Jose State University before going on to earn her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center.

– La Jolla Country Day School’s Mock Trial team outperformed 27 other San Diego County high school teams to win the annual legal competition. The San Diego County Mock Trial program provides high school students with the opportunity to experience the legal field in realistic courtroom settings rather than learning about the rule of law from books and lectures. The student teams undertake the roles of lawyers and witnesses facing off on a hypothetical case in front of actual state and federal judges. The multi-round competition was held virtually over the past month.

Celebrating and building upon 10 years of success, the Veterans Treatment Court (VTC) takes probationers who are Veterans or active-duty service members with criminal convictions and unique mental health conditions stemming from their military service and places them on a separate and specialized track of treatment rather than incarceration.

An imaginary case involving statements made to police, whether a social media influencer incited someone to violence and illegally obtained documents has drawn hundreds of local high school students into the 15th Annual San Diego County High School Mock Trial Competition.

The San Diego Superior Court will shut down its website (sdcourt.ca.gov) for routine maintenance on Saturday, February 13 from 6:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. The website closure will affect all San Diego Superior Court webpages.

The San Diego Superior Court will be closed on Friday, February 12 and Monday, February 15, 2021, in observance of the statewide holidays commemorating Lincoln’s Birthday and Presidents’ Day.

The public is urged to visit the Court’s website at sdcourt.ca.gov to handle traffic tickets or obtain court information.

San Diego Superior Court jury trials were suspended throughout most of 2020, though a few trials were held in October and November. Jury trials were again suspended in December and January; however, the Court now aims to resume jury trials in February 2021.

In observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. statewide holiday, the San Diego Superior Court will close all courtrooms and business offices on Monday, January 18, 2021.

The public is urged to visit the Court’s website at sdcourt.ca.gov to handle traffic tickets or obtain court information.

Judge Harry M. Elias will officially retire from San Diego Superior Court on January 3, 2021, just days after celebrating his 30th anniversary on the bench.

In observance of the Christmas and New Year’s Day statewide holidays, the San Diego Superior Court will close all courtrooms and business offices on Friday, December 25, 2020, and Friday, January 1, 2021.

All courtrooms and business offices will provide normal business hours on the days surrounding the holidays.

The public is urged to visit the Court’s website at sdcourt.ca.gov to handle traffic tickets or obtain court information.

Effective January 1, 2021, the San Diego Superior Court will adjust its fee structure for documents purchased from the online Register of Actions , which holds documents for many of the Court’s civil, small claims and probate cases.

The new fee structure will be $1.00 per page for the first five pages and $0.40 for each additional page, up to a maximum cost of $50.00 per document.

The San Diego Superior Court will shut down its website (sdcourt.ca.gov) for routine maintenance on Saturday, December 12 from 6:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. The website closure will affect all San Diego Superior Court webpages.

The San Diego Superior Court is now seeking dedicated residents with sound judgment from throughout the county to serve on the 2021/2022 San Diego County Grand Jury. The Grand Jury investigates citizen complaints and performs its traditional function as a “watchdog” over government agencies. It does not conduct criminal investigations.

The San Diego Superior Court has launched a new online reservation service application for motion hearing dates in Civil Independent Calendar departments.