Effective Monday, Feb. 2, 2015, all 24 Orange County Superior Court civil courtrooms, including the civil complex courtrooms, will shift from one-to-one assignment of court reporters to civil courtrooms for all hearings to a system where court reporters are assigned to a courtroom as needed for trials and evidentiary hearings only. Official court reporters (i.e., court reporters employed by the Court) will only be provided for trials and matters in which oral evidence will be presented.

The expansion of this project follows a successful pilot which has been operating in 14 unlimited civil courtrooms since Monday, Aug. 25, 2014.

“Persistent pleas for adequate funding for the California Courts have failed,” notes Presiding Judge Glenda Sanders. “Our Court’s current budget allocation for fiscal year 2014-2015 is insufficient, and the picture for 2015-2016 is even bleaker with an anticipated funding deficit of $5.7 million. Because of this, our Court must find ways to operate more efficiently.”

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