This compact practical guide helps the attorney find the rules, procedures, and practices that the court and each individual judge expect and require of them in litigating a typical case before the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. This practice manual includes: (1) selected General Orders of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California and (2) each individual judge's (a) procedures and practices, (b) Chamber Rules and Standing Orders, scheduling information, and (d) chambers and biographical information.