Individual Rules, Standing Orders & Policies
Deposition Transcript
Court-wideWitness List, Exhibit List, Exhibits, Judicial Notice Request, Motion in Limine, Opposition, Trial Brief, Stipulation, Jury Instructions, Verdict Form
Court-wideRequest must include
These 58 rules apply across Riverside Superior Court. Where this judge's own standing orders above address the same topic, the judge's requirement controls.
A jury-trial statement of the case must be neutral and non-argumentative, state basic uncontested facts and each party's contentions, generally not exceed four or five sentences, and use plain English.
A motion to exclude evidence or prejudicial matter must be supported by a declaration of a meet-and-confer with opposing counsel and must explain the specific prejudice if the motion is denied.
In jury trials, counsel must submit an agreed verdict form or, failing agreement, a partial joint form with separate proposals on the contested aspects.
Counsel are encouraged to exchange exhibits electronically in a standardized format.
Counsel for all parties must exchange the listed pre-trial documents no later than 14 days before trial, or by another time the parties agree upon.
Plaintiff's counsel must serve all defendants and file proofs of service within 60 days of filing the complaint.
Each page of each exhibit must bear a unique and consecutive page number.
Exhibits must be numbered in advance, with each exhibit bearing a separate exhibit number.
A party intending to read from a deposition transcript must lodge the original transcript with the court on the first day of trial.
Counsel must provide the original and one copy of each listed trial document to the Court on the first day of trial.
Russell Velasquez is a judge on the Superior Court of California, County of Riverside, assigned to Department PS3. The court is the state trial court for Riverside County, handling civil, criminal, family, and other matters within its jurisdiction.
The published procedures for this judge are the trial rules for Department PS3, as set out in department-ps3-trial-rules.pdf.
Parties must submit a pretrial list of all witnesses they intend to call, with each witness's name and a single-sentence description of the anticipated subject matter.
The rule requires exhibit list. Parties must submit a list of all exhibits they intend to introduce at trial (excluding impeachment-only exhibits), including each exhibit's number, title or brief description, and page count.
Parties with previously submitted motions or documents that remain unresolved must re-file them.
Parties must submit a pretrial list of all witnesses they intend to call, with each witness's name and a single-sentence description of the anticipated subject matter.
Parties must submit a list of all exhibits they intend to introduce at trial (excluding impeachment-only exhibits), including each exhibit's number, title or brief description, and page count.
In a jury trial, parties must submit a proposed statement of the case suitable for reading to the jury venire unless they have agreed to begin voir dire with brief opening statements.
Parties must identify any motions in limine they intend to bring.
Proposed orders must be filed with the Court, including all portions of the orders.
The pretrial and status order must be prepared as a single document with a single caption and a single set of signatures.
Parties with previously submitted motions or documents that remain unresolved must re-file them.
A plaintiff must describe each claim for which it intends to offer evidence at trial, the relief sought as to each claim, and the nature and amount of each element of damages.
Parties must submit a list of facts and issues of law that are uncontroverted and that the party is willing to agree to.
