UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE DONNA M. RYU
1301 Clay Street, Oakland, CA 94612
Courtroom Deputy: Ivy L. Garcia   (510) 637-3639

For courtroom location, please check the on-line calendar on Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu's webpage at http://www.cand.uscourts.gov/dmr.  

Special Scheduling Notes for Civil Matters During the Covid-19 Pandemic:

Civil Motions:  All hearings on civil motions will be held via Zoom video webinar.  Instructions will be posted on the docket several days before the hearing.

Case Management Conferences:  All case management conferences will be held via Zoom video webinar or teleconference.  Instructions will be posted on the docket several days before the hearing.    

Settlement Conferences:  All currently scheduled telephonic settlement proceedings will go forward by telephone.  This includes pre-settlement conference planning calls and further telephonic settlement discussions.  All currently scheduled in-person settlement proceedings will take place by Zoom videoconference.  All counsel must ensure that their participants have downloaded the Zoom application onto a device with a working camera and microphone.  Counsel shall do a test run with all of their participants prior to the settlement conference to eliminate all equipment-based problems.  Audio-only participation is prohibited.  All participants must also have access to email and telephone throughout the settlement conference.  The parties only need to provide the court with electronic copies of their settlement submissions; hardcopies do not have to be lodged with the court.

Unless otherwise indicated, Judge Ryu will conduct settlement conferences in her designated non-public Zoom Meeting “room.”   The Zoom Meeting ID is available on Judge Ryu’s webpage as well as the ECF docket entry for the scheduling of the settlement conference.

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COURT SCHEDULE:

Criminal Law and Motion:  During the regular criminal duty calendar.  Please contact Ivy Garcia at (510) 637-3639 to request a special setting.

Civil Law and Motion:  2nd & 4th Thursdays of the month at 1:00 p.m.  Parties need not reserve a hearing date, but should confirm Magistrate Judge Ryu's availability in the Scheduling Notes available on her webpage at http://www.cand.uscourts.gov/dmr.

Case Management Conferences:  1st, 3rd, and 5th Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m.

Judgment Debtor Examinations:  Wednesdays at 9:00 a.m. (on Criminal Duty months) or 9:30 a.m. (on non-Criminal Duty months)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Settlement Conferences:  The court will issue scheduling orders for all settlement conferences referred to Judge Ryu.  Please contact Ivy Garcia at (510) 637-3639 if you have questions that are not addressed by the scheduling order.

**NOTE:  For the months of June and December 2021, case management conferences on 1st, 3rd and 5th Wednesdays and Civil Law and Motion on 2nd and 4th Thursdays will be heard at 10:00 a.m.   

**MAGISTRATE JUDGES' CONSOLIDATED CRIMINAL DUTY SCHEDULE**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
https://cand.uscourts.gov/calendars/duty- schedules/                                                                                                                                        

********NOTICE OF UNAVAILABILITY********

Please take notice that Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu will not be available on the following days.  The court will not be in session during these period of unavailability.  If urgency requires, counsel in any case assigned or referred to Magistrate Judge Ryu may request a hearing before the General Duty Judge pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-1(c).       

Monday, 5/17/2021 to and including Friday, 5/21/2021

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COURT HOLIDAYS:
January 1, 2021- Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Day
February 15, 2021 - Washington's Birthday
May 31, 2021- Memorial Day
July 5, 2021 - Observing Independence Day
September 6, 2021 - Labor Day
October 11, 2021 - Columbus Day
November 11, 2021 - Veterans Day Holiday (observed)
November 25, 2021 - Thanksgiving Day
December 24, 2021 - Christmas Holiday
December  31, 2021 - New Year's Eve (observed)