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Standing Orders

Name	Name	Effective Date	Download
DeMarchi, Virginia K.	Judge DeMarchi's Standing Order for Settlement Conferences	July 18, 2025	File: Judge DeMarchi's Standing Order for Settlement Conferences pdf, 665.37 KB
DeMarchi, Virginia K.	Judge DeMarchi's Standing Order for Pretrial Preparation in Civil Cases	November 17, 2025	File: Judge DeMarchi's Standing Order for Pretrial Preparation in Civil Cases pdf, 463.94 KB
Donato, James	Standing Order For All Judges Of The Northern District Of California	November 30, 2023	File: Standing Order For All Judges Of The Northern District Of California pdf, 86.54 KB
Donato, James	Judge Donato's Standing Order for Civil Cases	January 5, 2017	File: Judge Donato's Standing Order for Civil Cases pdf, 68.75 KB
Donato, James	Judge Donato's Standing Order for E-Discovery and Email Discovery in Patent Cases	June 20, 2014	File: Judge Donato's Standing Order for E-Discovery and Email Discovery in Patent Cases pdf, 22.87 KB
Donato, James	Judge Donato's Standing Order for Criminal Cases	January 5, 2017	File: Judge Donato's Standing Order for Criminal Cases pdf, 39.08 KB
Donato, James	Judge Donato's Standing Order for Civil Discovery	April 21, 2014	File: Judge Donato's Standing Order for Civil Discovery pdf, 75.13 KB
Donato, James	Judge Donato's Standing Order for Claim Construction in Patent Cases	January 5, 2017	File: Judge Donato's Standing Order for Claim Construction in Patent Cases pdf, 43.98 KB
Donato, James	Judge Donato's Standing Order for Civil Jury Trials	January 5, 2017	File: Judge Donato's Standing Order for Civil Jury Trials pdf, 62.95 KB
Freeman, Beth Labson	Judge Freeman's Standing Order for Civil Jury Trials	September 9, 2024	File: Judge Freeman's Standing Order for Civil Jury Trials pdf, 177.87 KB
Freeman, Beth Labson	Judge Freeman's Standing Order for Civil Bench Trials	October 7, 2024	File: Judge Freeman's Standing Order for Civil Bench Trials pdf, 171.56 KB
Freeman, Beth Labson	Judge Freeman's Standing Order for Civil Cases	September 9, 2024	File: Judge Freeman's Standing Order for Civil Cases pdf, 216.25 KB
Freeman, Beth Labson	Standing Order For All Judges Of The Northern District Of California	November 30, 2023	File: Standing Order For All Judges Of The Northern District Of California pdf, 86.54 KB
Freeman, Beth Labson	Judge Freeman's Standing Order for Criminal Trials	September 9, 2024	File: Judge Freeman's Standing Order for Criminal Trials pdf, 164.37 KB
Gilliam, Jr., Haywood S.	Judge Gilliam's Standing Order for Patent Cases	March 10, 2017	File: Judge Gilliam's Standing Order for Patent Cases pdf, 156.99 KB
Gilliam, Jr., Haywood S.	Judge Gilliam's Criminal Standing Order	February 21, 2019	File: Judge Gilliam's Criminal Standing Order pdf, 341.70 KB
Gilliam, Jr., Haywood S.	Judge Gilliam's Criminal Pretrial & Trial Standing Order	February 21, 2019	File: Judge Gilliam's Criminal Pretrial & Trial Standing Order pdf, 228.06 KB
Gilliam, Jr., Haywood S.	Standing Order For All Judges Of The Northern District Of California	November 30, 2023	File: Standing Order For All Judges Of The Northern District Of California pdf, 86.54 KB
Gilliam, Jr., Haywood S.	Judge Gilliam's Civil Standing Order	January 6, 2025	File: Judge Gilliam's Civil Standing Order pdf, 196.01 KB
Gilliam, Jr., Haywood S.	Judge Gilliam's Civil Pretrial & Trial Standing Order	July 9, 2024	File: Judge Gilliam's Civil Pretrial & Trial Standing Order pdf, 261.41 KB