Trial Call & Trial Motions

TRIALS: 

ALL trials will proceed as scheduled. Counsel and self-represented litigants are required to personally appear in Courtroom 17 on the date and time set forth for trial; trial documents are required to be filed as set forth in the Trial Orders of the Court attached to the Notice of Trial filed in your case. Appearances by Zoom or CourtCall are NOT permitted for trials.

TRIAL MOTIONS:

Counsel and self-represented litigants are required to appear in Courtroom 17 either in person or through Zoom.  

TO JOIN ZOOM ONLINE: 

• Meeting ID:  161 126 4123
• Password:  062178

• https://sonomacourt-org.zoomgov.com/j/1611264123

TO JOIN ZOOM BY PHONE: 

• By Phone (same meeting ID and password as listed):
• 1 669 254 5252

The following cases will be called on the Civil Trial Call and/or Trial Motions Calendar. All trial counsel and self-represented litigants are required to appear before the Hon. Jane Gaskell as directed in the preceding paragraph. Cases not assigned for trial will be placed on the calendar to trail for the week. Cases not reached by Friday will be reset and given a priority status.

THE COURT'S OFFICIAL COURT REPORTERS ARE "NOT AVAILABLE" WITHIN THE MEANING OF CALIFORNIA RULES OF COURT, RULE 2.956, FOR COURT REPORTING OF CIVIL CASES.

The following cases will be called on the Trial and/or Trial Motions calendar. All trial counsel and self-represented litigants are required to appear before the Hon. Jane Gaskell as directed in the preceding paragraph. Cases not assigned for trial will be placed on the calendar to trail for the week. Cases not reached by Friday will be reset and given a priority status.

JURY TRIALS

24CV04962, Seavey v. General Motors, LLC

24CV05316, Schneider v. General Motors, LLC

COURT TRIALS

NONE

TRIAL RELATED MOTIONS

23CV00822, Steele v. Gentry

23CV01507, Haygooni v. Sunset Aviation LLC dba Solairus Aviation – see tentative ruling below

24CV05255, McLean v. Curtis Gomez

23CV01507, Haygooni v. Sunset Aviation LLC dba Solairus Aviation

The hearing on the motion is CONTINUED to Friday, January 23, 2025, at 3:00 P.M. in Department 17, to allow the parties additional time to continue to work with their chosen discovery facilitator, Michael Shklovsky from Anderson Zeigler Law Firm, to resolve the outstanding issues with Plaintiff’s discovery requests. The parties shall notify the discovery facilitator of the Court’s order, and the facilitator shall file a report to update the Court at least five court days prior to the next hearing on the motion, on which date the Court’s will issue its final ruling on this motion. No further briefing by the parties shall be filed or considered by the Court, though if they wish to present further argument on the motion, the parties may make a timely request to present oral argument per Local Rule 5.5.