Judges & Chambers | Courtroom Deputies | Case Administrators
Clerk of Court | Chief Deputy Clerk | Court Teams
For general court information |
Dial (619) 557-5620 and press "0" to speak with an operator. |
For questions or issues regarding a specific bankruptcy case or adversary preceding |
Contact the case administrator assigned to the main bankruptcy case. |
For Voice Case Information System (VCIS) | Dial (866) 222-8029 toll-free, then follow the prompts. |
To request a hearing date or for questions regarding hearings/trials | Contact the courtroom deputy (calendar clerk) assigned to the judge. |
For questions or issues regarding documents filed in a specific bankruptcy case or adversary preceding |
Contact the case administrator assigned to the case. |
For system errors relating to our CM/ECF system |
(619) 557-7415 Information Systems Technology Help Desk |
For registration regarding our CM/ECF system |
(619) 557-7535 Training Department |
To register for PACER
(automated access to the docket) |
(800) 676-6856 |
Courtroom Deputies / Calendar Clerks
For questions related to hearings/trials or to request a hearing date,
please contact the appropriate courtroom deputy/calendar clerk:
Karen Fearce, Courtroom Deputy Judge Louise DeCarl Adler - Dept. 2 |
(619) 557-6594 |
Jillmarie McGrew, Courtroom Deputy Judge Christopher B. Latham - Dept. 5 |
(619) 557-6019 |
Lisa Cruz, Courtroom Deputy Chief Judge Margaret M. Mann - Dept. 1 |
(619) 557-7407 |
Russell Paluso, Courtroom Deputy Judge Laura S. Taylor - Dept. 3 |
(619) 557-6018 |
Case Administrators
(for bankruptcy and adversary cases;
listed according to bankruptcy case number terminal digits*)
Bankruptcy Case Terminal Digits* | Case Administrator Phone |
Supervisor |
00-05 | (619) 557-7401 |
Charles Verble (619) 557-7417 |
06-17 | (619) 557-6853 | |
18-29 | (619) 557-7423 | |
30-41 | (619) 557-7022 | |
42-53 | (619) 557-6009 | |
54-65 | (619) 557-7567 | |
66-77 | (619) 557-6970 | |
78-89 | (619) 557-7565 | |
90-95 | (619) 557-5900 | |
96-99 | (619) 557-2658 |
*Bankruptcy and adversary cases are assigned case numbers in the form of XX-XXXXX.
Case terminal digits are the the last two numbers of the case number.
For example, the terminal digits for case 09-01234 is 34.
Judge | Chambers Staff |
Department / Chamber 1 — Room 218 Chief Judge (619) 557-5848 |
Michele McConnell, Judicial Assistant Shelby Poteet, Law Clerk Lisa Cruz, Courtroom Deputy |
Department / Chamber 2 — Room 118 Judge (619) 557-5661 |
Jeanne Bender, Law Clerk Olivia Scott, Law Clerk Karen Fearce, Courtroom Deputy |
Department / Chamber 3 — Room 129
Judge (619) 557-6580 |
Regina Fabre, Judicial Assistant Katie Healy, BAP Law Clerk Ole Oleson, Law Clerk Russell Paluso, Courtroom Deputy |
Department / Chamber 5 — Room 318
Judge (619) 557-7570 |
Samuel Hoops, Law Clerk Reed Trechter, Law Clerk Jillmarie McGrew, Courtroom Deputy |
Clerk of Court & Chief Deputy Clerk
Clerk of Court |
Michael Williams (619) 557-6582 Carene Kelsey, Executive Assistant |
Chief Deputy Clerk |
David M. Grube (619) 557-6428 Carene Kelsey, Executive Assistant |
Court Teams & Managers
Operations and Administration
Operations Teams | Manager/Supervisor | Phone |
Case Administration |
Charles Verble |
(619) 557-7417 |
CM/ECF Coordinator & Document Type Directory | Jorgette Chaco | (619) 557-7555 |
Administration Teams | Manager | Phone |
Budget & Procurement | Dan Wiebel | (619) 557-5274 |
Finance | Sandra Adams | (619) 557-6777 |
Human Resources & Training | Kathy Noel | (619) 557-5771 |
Information Technology | Domenic D'Alessio | (619) 557-6736 |
Nancy Wingis Lynette Alves |