Who can submit a petition for coordination to the chair of the Judicial Council?
• A presiding judge of any court in which one of the included actions is pending. • All plaintiffs or all defendants to one of the included actions. This means that all the parties on one side of one lawsuit must join in the petition in order to submit the petition directly to the Judicial Council without prior leave of court. • Any party to one of the actions, after obtaining an order granting permission from the presiding judge. The party must include the order granting permission when it submits its petition to coordinate to the Chair of the Judicial Council. (Code Civ. Proc., 404, Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.520(b).
