United States Bankruptcy Court
Central District of California
Roybal Building
255 E. Temple Street, Suite 1534
Los Angeles, California 90012-3334
SHERI BLUEBOND Telephone: (213) 894-8980
United States Bankruptcy Judge FAX: (213) 894-1336

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO SEE NEW PROCEDURES IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
 

1. Parties who have paid the additional fee to appear by video will be able to observe courtroom proceedings during their appearances.
2. Parties who have paid the additional fee and who have the appropriate computer and sufficient bandwidth will be able to transmit video to the courtroom and to other persons appearing via CourtCall at the hearing.
3. Parties who do not have internet access or who choose not to participate by video may still make telephonic appearances, without video participation and without paying an additional fee.
4. Parties who do not have the ability to transmit video may nevertheless pay the additional fee and view images of the judge and other persons appearing by video through CourtCall if they so desire.

Procedures Regarding Telephonic/Video Appearances

I.  A telephonic or video appearance will be allowed without prior Court approval (but you must notify the Court of your appearance) unless the matter on which you would like to appear telephonically or by video is one of the following:

• Sale Motion
• Cash Collateral Motion
• Chapter 11 Plan Confirmation
• Motion for Approval of Debtor-in-Possession Financing
• Evidentiary Hearing

• the name of the case and the bankruptcy case number (and adversary number, if applicable);
• the date and time of the hearing;
• the calendar number assigned to the matter (or, if a calendar number has not yet been assigned, then a statement so stating);
• the reason that the requesting party seeks to appear by telephone;
• who the requesting party represents; and
• contact information, including email address and telephone number.

III.  In order to obtain approval to appear telephonically or by video on any matter for which prior approval is required, send an email to Chambers_SBluebond@cacb.uscourts.gov requesting permission to appear telephonically not later than 7 days prior to the hearing and include the information contained in Paragraph II above. The Law Clerk will advise whether your request has been approved.  If your request is approved, you will be responsible for making the arrangements for the telephonic or video appearance by calling CourtCall at (866) 582-6878.

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:

1. PARTICIPANTS MUST REGISTER WITH COURTCALL IN TIME TO BE INCLUDED IN COURTCALL’S CALENDAR, WHICH IS TRANSMITTED TO THE COURT 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE HEARING FOR VERIFICATION PURPOSES.
2. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT BANDWIDTH, COMPUTER MEMORY AND PROCESSING SPEEDS, YOU WILL NOT HAVE AN OPTIMAL EXPERIENCE. 
3. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRANSMIT YOUR VIDEO AS PART OF A HEARING UNLESS YOU HAVE ALREADY TESTED YOUR BANDWIDTH AND COMPUTER FOR COURTCALL’S MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.  
4. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO PARTICIPATE VIA SPEAKERPHONE, AS THE SOUND QUALITY IS UNACCEPTABLE.  YOU MUST USE A HANDSET OR A HEADSET TO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY.  
5. DO NOT PARTICIPATE FROM AN OUTDOOR LOCATION OR FROM ANY OTHER LOCATION WITH SIGNIFICANT AMBIENT NOISE.  
6. VIDEO THAT IS NOT PROPERLY TRANSMITTED WILL BE TERMINATED BY THE COURT AND YOUR PARTICIPATION WILL BE BY AUDIO ONLY.  (Your additional payment of $10.00 will not be refunded.)
7. IF YOUR AUDIO CONNECTION PRODUCES EXTRANEOUS NOISE OR STATIC, YOUR LINE WILL BE MUTED AND, IF NECESSARY, DISCONNECTED.  (Any fee that you paid to CourtCall for the appearance will not be refunded.)

Please remember to review CourtCall’s procedures on audio and video.

RECORDING OR RETRANSMISSION OF AUDIO OR VIDEO FROM THE COURTROOM IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED AND MAY SUBJECT OFFENDING PARTIES TO SANCTION OR OTHER PENALTIES.

Printable version of Judge Bluebond's Telephonic Appearances Procedures