Access for Individuals with Disabilities

Each facility of the Sacramento Superior Court is equipped with accommodations available for persons with disabilities and includes assistance for persons with hearing, visual, physical, and mental impairments. Some in-court accommodations include:

elevators with Braille lettering
wheelchair accessible restrooms
wheelchair accessible drinking fountains
public telephones with amplification capability

Accommodations that require a five-day notice are (see California Rule of Court 1.100.) Please note: We may be unable to accommodate an untimely request. If you have questions regarding California Rule of Court 1.100 (old rule 989.3), please read the pamphlet, "Persons with Disabilities: Q & A on Rule of Court 1.100." You will need the free Adobe ReaderÒ to download the pamphlet.

assistive listening devices
American Sign Language interpreters
computer-aided transcription devices and alternative formats

Service animals are welcome at all facilities.

If you require an accommodation not listed above, you may call the facility where you will be conducting your business or the ADA Coordinator to discuss your specific needs. All attempts will be made to provide you with a reasonable accommodation.

How to Request an Accommodation

You may request an accommodation by filling out a Request for Accommodations (form MC-410). Follow the link to download the form, or you can obtain the form at any of our court facilities. Submit the completed form to the ADA Contact (please see addresses/telephone numbers below) for the courthouse you will be visiting. Requests will also be accepted by telephone. When making a telephone request, please have the following information readily available:

name and address of person requiring the accommodation
name of the court facility where the accommodation is needed
case name
type of proceeding (civil, criminal, juvenile, family law and probate)
date the accommodation is needed
impairment necessitating accommodation
type of accommodation
any special requests or problems

ADA Coordinators

If you have questions about specific accessibility issues at a specific courthouse (accessible parking, accessible path of travel, accessible restrooms, wheelchair access in a particular courtroom, etc.), call the ADA Contact for that courthouse:

Courthouse Name	ADA Coordinator Telephone Numbers
Downtown Courthouse and Lorenzo Patiño Hall of Justice 720 9th Street Sacramento, CA 95814	Tina Castillo 916-874-7828 Jeri Johnson (Backup) 916-874-7691
Juvenile Courthouse 9605 Kiefer Boulevard Sacramento, CA 95827	Darlene Whitten 916-875-5005 Ryan Bright 916-876-9069
Carol Miller Justice Center 301 Bicentennial Circle Sacramento, CA 95826	Mary Duccini 916-875-7771 Vicky DeGuzman (Backup) 916-875-7352
William R. Ridgeway Family Relations Courthouse 3341 Power Inn Road Sacramento, CA 95826	Niru Chetty 916-875-3471 Debbie Melgard 916-875-3475
TDD for all Facilities	916-874-8474
California Relay Service	1-800-735-2929
Speech to Speech Service	1-800-854-7784

For questions regarding ADA access that are not specific to a facility, or if you are unsure of which facility applies, please contact the court's ADA Coordinator, Tina Castillo, at:

Sacramento Superior Court
720 9th Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Voice: 916-874-7828
TDD: 916-874-8474