COURT SCHEDULE:

NOTICE IN ALL CIVIL MATTERS PENDING BEFORE

JUDGE PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

March 12, 2020 (Updated 4/30/2020)

          TO ALL CIVIL LITIGANTS WITH MATTERS CURRENTLY PENDING BEFORE THE HONORABLE PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON:

          In light of the current public health emergency caused by coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the court issues the following Notice with the aim of balancing public health and safety concerns, including minimizing the risk of exposure, with the need for scheduling certainty and having civil matters proceed regularly.

NOTICE RE: SCHEDULING CRIMINAL MATTERS BEFORE

DISTRICT JUDGE PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON,

 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

March 12, 2020

          In light of concerns about the current public health emergency caused by coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the court issues the following Notice for scheduling criminal matters on the court’s calendar.  Judge Hamilton’s criminal calendar will continue to be called on a regular basis.  However, defense counsel may request postponement or waiver of appearance with the defendant’s consent.  Counsel may direct any questions or requests for other accommodations to Judge Hamilton’s Courtroom Deputy, Kelly Collins.

Civil Law and Motion: Wednesday @ 9:00 a.m. (No tentative rulings are issued and no hearing date needs to be reserved.  Telephonic appearances for motions are not permitted)
Case Management Conferences: Thursday @ 2:00 p.m. once per month (See list below for dates) (Telephonic appearances by CourtCall will be permitted upon request for leave to appear by phone filed no later than 7 days in advance of the conference, except for counsel located within the Bay Area, patent cases, cases with numerous parties and attorneys, and matters as determined by the Court. See Notice re CMC Telephonic Appearance Procedures on Judge Hamilton’s court web page. https://cand.uscourts.gov/judges/hamilton-phyllis-j-pjh/)

Criminal Law and Motion and Pretrial Conferences: Wednesday @ 1:30 p.m. for in custody matters at 2:30 p.m. for out of custody matters
Civil Pretrial Conferences: Thursday @ 2:00 p.m.
Trials: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Commencing June 1, 2020 until further notice:

Civil Law and Motion: All motions will be decided on the papers. All parties may continue to file motions and may continue to notice them for hearing. However, no oral argument or personal appearance will be held on noticed civil matters unless the Court determines, after review of the papers, that a hearing is necessary. If the Court determines that a hearing is necessary, the hearing will be conducted via telephone or Zoom webinar.  Such remote hearing will generally be held on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month at 9:00 a.m. The noticed date is simply the placeholder date and will not necessarily be the date of the hearing. Instead, counsel will be notified of the specific date and method of hearing.

Case Management Conferences: Thursday at 2:00 p.m., once per month via telephone or Zoom webinar. (See list below for available dates)

Civil Pretrial Conferences: Thursday at 2:00 p.m., via telephone or Zoom webinar.

Trials: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Criminal Law and Motion: 1st and 3rd Wednesday at 9:00 a.m. for personal in-court appearances of both in-custody and out of custody defendants for Change of Plea, Sentencing, Admission/Disposition of Form 12s, and Evidentiary Hearings or at 2:00 p.m. via telephone with waiver of defendant's personal appearance.

Case Management Conference dates for 2020

January 16

February 13

March 19

April 16

May 28

June 18

July 16

August 20

September 10

October 15

November 12

December 17

CERTIFICATE OF UNAVAILABILITY:

This is to certify that The Honorable PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON will not be available:  

February 26, 2020 through and including February 28, 2020

September 16, 2020 through and including September 18, 2020

All counsel are hereby given notice that court will not be in session during this period, and such absence constitutes a Certificate of Unavailability as provided in Civil Local Rule 1-5(p).  If urgency requires, counsel in any case assigned to Judge Hamilton, may request a hearing before the General Duty Judge as provided in Civil Local Rule 7-1(c).

CHAMBERS COPIES OF E-FILED DOCUMENTS
In all "E-Filing" cases, in addition to filing papers electronically, the parties are required to lodge a courtesy paper copy of each document no later than noon on the day following the day that the papers are filed electronically.  These copies shall be marked "Chambers" or "Courtesy" copy and shall be submitted to the Clerk's Office, in an envelope clearly marked with Judge Hamilton's name.