Contacting Chambers
Counsel must never contact the Courtroom Deputy or chambers on
any matter that can be answered by reviewing the Court’s website and Standing
Orders. Any messages seeking information that is available on the website will
not be returned.
It is never appropriate to email chambers staff of Judge Valdez
without prior permission of the Court. Counsel should also ordinarily not call
chambers for any reason. Should an extraordinary circumstance require a
telephone call to chambers, counsel for all parties should be on the call. Ex
parte telephone calls to chambers on case-related matters should never
occur unless it is impossible or impracticable to have all counsel for all
parties on the call. When counsel or their agents call chambers ex parte
absent an extraordinary circumstance, chambers staff have been instructed to
inform the person calling that case-related matters may not be discussed ex
parte by telephone. Anything that counsel or their agents should not say ex
parte directly to the judge cannot be said to her chambers staff.
In the event it is necessary to communicate with chambers by
telephone, anyone calling chambers should conduct themselves in the same manner
as if they were speaking directly to the judge.
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