Citing the recent COVID-19 surge due to the Omicron variant and consistency with other neighboring federal and state courts, San Bernardino Superior Court announced Jan. 5 that all new jury trials have been suspended, unless already in progress, in a notice sent on behalf of Presiding Judge Glenn Yabuno and court executive officer Nancy CS Eberhardt.
All new criminal jury trials have been suspended through Jan. 27, and civil jury trials have been suspended through Feb. 22.
All civil parties have been asked to meet and confer to pick a tentative trial date after Feb. 22, and to submit a stipulation to the court. If no stipulation is submitted, a new trial date will be selected at the current trial
readiness conference.
The court will give preference and priority of available jurors and jury trials to criminal cases.
Jury trials will be limited to those cases requiring disposition within specific periods of time. Those cases include all criminal cases, unlawful detainer jury trials, civil cases with statutory preference under the California Code of Civil Procedure sections 35-37, and civil cases approaching the 5-year deadline under California Code of Procedure
sections 583.310 and 583.320.
The court may conduct a civil jury trial for cases that do not require disposition within a specific period of time at an earlier date, upon finding of good cause shown, or through the uses of remote technology, when appropriate and if feasible.
Read the full order suspending civil jury trials.
