Effective September 14, 2009, Judge Phyllis Hamilton's courtroom and chambers will be located in the Oakland Courthouse, Courtroom #3, 3rd floor, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, California 94612.
Effective September 4, 2009, Judge Hamilton will begin accepting criminal cases from the Oakland venue and will discontinue accepting criminal cases from the San Francisco venue. All appearances in criminal cases assigned to Judge Hamilton on or after September 4, 2009 should be noticed on the judge's criminal motions calendar, which is held on Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m. Judge Hamilton's first criminal motions calendar in the Oakland venue will be held on September 16, 2009, at 1:30 p.m.
On and after September 14, 2009, all filings for all matters pending on Judge Hamilton’s docket, all court appearances, and all deliveries of chambers' copies of documents must be made at the Oakland Courthouse.
The days and times for law and motion calendars and all currently scheduled proceedings remain unchanged.
Please note that all of Judge Hamilton's case files will be moved to the Oakland Courthouse, therefore all cases numbers assigned to her will be changed slightly to reflect the correct venue. Previously, all case numbers started with "3:" to indicate the San Francisco office (Example: 3:09-cv-12345-PJH). As of September 14th, 2009, all of Judge Hamilton's case files will begin with "4:" to indicate the Oakland office, but everything else will stay the same (Example: 4:09-cv-12345-PJH). When e-filing, using the short case number format will always avoid problems when searching for the correct case: 09-12345 (YY-NNNNN).
For information on the Oakland Courthouse's accessibility, parking, driving directions, public transit, hotels and other helpful links, please visit our website: http://www.cand.uscourts.gov, click on "Court Information" on the right hand side of our main page, then select the Oakland link under "Address and Jurisdiction". The main telephone number for the Oakland Division is 510 637-3530.
