PRETRIAL ADJUDICATION
...Summary Judgment & Summary Adjudication
......Posthearing Possibilities: SJ Denied
.........Mandate Petition
............Timing
8 Cards On This Topic:
  • Time limits for seeking review by writ of orders other than SJ.
  • Time limits for seeking review by writ may only be extended by super. ct.
  • Time for filing petition for writ of mandate not extended by filing reconsideration motion.
  • Service of order constitutes notice and triggers commencement of Code Civ. Proc. §437c (m) time period.
  • Time to file petition for writ of mandate reviewing SJ order begins to run from entry and service of valid order.
  • Mandate petition timely when SJ order not served on D.
  • If SJ denied, mandate petition must be filed within 20 days after service of written notice of entry of order; failure to timely file requires denial on jurisdictional grounds.
  • Mandate petition must be timely filed.