***IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING CASES BEFORE JUDGE CHEN***

Until further notice, all civil hearings and conferences will either be continued, submitted, or conducted by videoconference. In-person hearings re: civil pretrial conferences, motions for summary judgment and claims constructions will be determined on a case-by-case basis and conducted in Courtroom #5, 17th Floor. All criminal hearings and conferences will remain scheduled by videoconference on Wednesdays, unless an in-person hearing is requested.  In-Person hearings on criminal matters are now available to be set on Thursdays mornings from 9AM - 12:00PM noon.  All live in-court appearances will be held in Courtroom #5, 17th Floor.

Initial Case Management Conferences, Further Case Management Conferences, and Status Conferences in all civil matters are now regularly scheduled on Tuesdays at 1:30PM and 2:30PM, respectively, effective July 1, 2021.  Standing Order revised.

CHAMBER COPIES:

Hard chamber copies no longer required. Exceptions to this are pretrial conferences, summary judgments, claims constructions.  Parties are to review revised Civil Standing Order - General for further details. 

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