Humboldt County court docket shows busy mix of cases on July 31

A family-law hearing between Adrienne Davis and Michael Edward Davis, Jr. appeared in Courtroom Eight at 8:30 a.m. on Humboldt County Superior Court’s July 31 docket, one entry in a calendar that also stretched across civil, criminal, probate, small claims and traffic matters. The page showed a courthouse system moving on several fronts at once, with dates, courtrooms and case types all laid out in one public snapshot.

The docket was organized by case type, with filters for All, Civil, Criminal, Family, Probate, Small Claims and Traffic, and by courtroom, from One through Eight. That structure makes the day’s workload visible in a way most residents never see unless they are directly involved in a case. A second family matter, Astrid Reusche Lari vs. ..., also appeared on the page, showing that family-law hearings were part of the day’s business rather than a one-off entry.

For Humboldt County residents, that matters because the courthouse at 825 5th Street in Eureka is where custody disputes, misdemeanor cases, civil motions and traffic matters all compete for attention and time. A docket like this does not explain the outcome of any one case, but it does show how the county’s justice system parcels out its limited courtroom space. It also gives attorneys, litigants and court-watchers a place to check whether a hearing has been set, moved or grouped with other matters on the same calendar.

The Superior Court’s public website now says online case access is available through its public portal, and its calendars page points users toward Judicial Assignments and other scheduling information. The court also promotes MyCitations, a tool for requesting a fine reduction for eligible infraction offenses. Together with the docket page, those tools make the court’s daily work more legible to people who may only need it once, but need to know exactly where to go and what comes next.