Sacramento County 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.

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

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

Civil Law and Motion and Civil Settlement Conferences
 * Hall of Justice

Juvenile Justice cases
 * Juvenile Courthouse

Criminal cases
 * Lorenzo Patiño Hall of Justice

Administration
Pursuant to California Government Code § 68070 and the Judicial Council California Rules of Court § 10.613, the Sacramento County Superior Court has adopted 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
 * Kenneth Brody
 * Lawrence G. Brown
 * André Campbell
 * Shelleyanne Wai Ling Chang
 * Alin Cintean
 * Donald J. Currier
 * Dena M. Coggins
 * Lauri A. Damrell
 * Carlton G. Davis
 * Joginder S. Dhillon
 * Philip A. Ferrari
 * Curtis M. Fiorini
 * Shauna Franklin
 * Benjamin D. Galloway
 * Jeffrey S. Galvin
 * Matthew J. Gary
 * Steven M. Gevercer
 * Maryanne G. Gilliard
 * Helena R. Gweon
 * Jonathan R. Hayes
 * Misha Igra
 * Augustin R. Jimenez
 * Christopher E. Krueger
 * Stephen Lau
 * Alyson L. Lewis
 * Kristina B. Lindquist
 * Deborah D. Lobre
 * Kevin J. McCormick
 * James E. McFetridge
 * Kenneth C. Mennemeier
 * Richard C. Miadich
 * Andi Mudryk
 * Rei Onishi
 * Delbert W. Oros
 * Alexander J. Pal
 * Satnam Rattu
 * Jennifer K. Rockwell
 * Ernest W. Sawtelle
 * Peter K. Southworth
 * Myrlys Stockdale-Coleman
 * Richard K. Sueyoshi
 * Michael W. Sweet
 * Jill H. Talley
 * Scott L. Tedmon
 * Kara K. Ueda
 * Julie Weng-Gutierrez
 * Laurel D. White
 * Steve White
 * Allison Williams
 * Peter M. Williams
 * 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 9 commissioners assigned as follows:

Robert J. Artuz - Traffic Trials, Unlawful Detainer Trials, Small Claims

Jaya Badiga - Family Law, Child Support, Domestic Violence and Elder Abuse Restraining Orders

Benjamin Cassady - Traffic Arraignments, Traffic Trials

Marlene Clark - Juvenile Dependency

Richard Clark - Family Law/Domestic Violence and Elder Abuse Restraining Orders

Ryan Davis - Family Law

Scott P. Harman - Family Law/Child Support

Alicia Hartley - Criminal Arraignments

Heath T. Langle - Probate

James Morris - Traffic Arraignments

Martin E. Tejeda - Preliminary Hearings, Criminal Motions, Mental Health Hearings and Civil Harassment Restraining Orders

Prosecutors
The Sacramento County District Attorney, currently Thien Ho, 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 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 Office.

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