HONORABLE CHARLES R. BREYER 

Courtroom 6, 17th Floor    San Francisco, CA

COURT SCHEDULE:
Case Management Conferences:  Fridays at 8:30 a.m.

Temporary Schedule through July -Civil Law and Motion:  Fridays at 9:00 a.m. by video (Zoom) unless the Court issues a Notice is issued informing the parties that the hearing is an in-person setting.

TEMPORARY SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE April 25, 2022:

Criminal Calendar: In-Custody Every Other Wednesday at

9:00 a.m. ,10:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m.

Criminal Calendar Out of Custody: Every Other Wednesday at 10:00 a.m.

(Please contact the courtroom deputy to coordinate a hearing date)

Pre Trial Conference: Tuesday or Thursday at 2:30 p.m.

Trials: Mon, Tues, Thurs 9:00 am. to 4:00 pm.; Wed 9:00 am. to 1:30 p.m.

Judge Breyer does not issue tentative rulings.

The United States District Court for the Northern District of California has posted new General Order 78: In re Update on Court Proceedings and Operations Following State of California Reopening. 

The Court additionally ORDERS as follows: Courthouse Access:

1.All courthouse visitors must follow any safety protocols announced on the Court’s website at cand.uscourts.gov and in each judge’s courtroom.

2.Courtroom capacity may be limited as determined by the assigned judge. Press and public access to in-courtroom proceedings may be in person, by telephone, by video conference, or by other remote means, as permitted and as determined by the assigned judge.

Civil Cases:

1.Trials may proceed in accordance with the logistical considerations necessitated by the Court’s safety protocols.

2.Each judge will determine whether to hold a hearing or decide a civil matter on the papers. Hearings may be held in person in the courtroom, by telephone, or by video conference. This applies to motion hearings, case management conferences, pretrial conferences, settlement conferences, and Alternative Dispute Resolution (“ADR”) proceedings. For specific instructions on telephone or video appearances, see the docket on PACER, the assigned judge’s schedule of upcoming proceedings (located on each judge’s web page at cand.uscourts.gov/judges), or the ADR webpage.

Criminal Cases:

1. Trials may proceed in accordance with the logistical considerations necessitated by the Court’s safety protocols.

2. Initial appearances and other proceedings before the magistrate judges will be conducted by telephone or by video conference until further order of the Court. New arrestees shall be booked at Santa Rita Jail and produced for court appearances the following day instead of being presented for booking at the U.S. Marshals Service lockup.

3.Other court appearances may be waived or postponed, or may be conducted by telephone or video conference, as authorized. See General Order 74 for procedures pursuant to the CARES Act.

Other:

1. All local rules requiring that a courtesy copy be provided to the chambers of the assigned judge remain suspended until further notice. No chambers copy or “courtesy copy” of an electronically-filed document shall be submitted to the court, unless required by a standing order of the assigned judge or requested by the assigned judge in a particular case. At this time, Judge Breyer requires courtesy copies.

2.The requirement under Civil Local Rule 5-1(b) that a pro se party must request permission from the assigned judge to use the court’s Electronic Case Filing (ECF) system remains suspended until further notice.

C18-7591 CCSF v Purdue - Public Access for Bench Trial. Please copy and paste the link for additional information: https://www.cand.uscourts.gov/ccsf-v-purdue/

All Counsel are hereby given notice that they may, if urgency requires, request a hearing on any case assigned to Judge Charles R. Breyer, before the General Duty Judge pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-1(c).