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# Jose S. Castillo

California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District · Associate Justice

## Profile

- Court: California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District
- State: California
- Role: Associate Justice
- Service status: active

## Summary

Jose S. Castillo — California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District

## Sources

- [Justices | Fourth Appellate District](https://appellate.courts.ca.gov/district-courts/4dca/justices)

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## Biography

### Professional career

### Education

### Additional information

- Judge Castillo is active in community and educational programs, including Judges in the Classroom, the San Diego La Raza Lawyers Association Scholarship Fund, Lawyers Club of San Diego, and Just the Beginning – A Pipeline Organization.
- He helped launch the San Diego Summer Legal Institute, a free program exposing high school students to the judiciary and legal careers California State Portal.



## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [California Rule 1.150, Photographing, recording, and broadcasting in court](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-e59897426ff892cfcd8e0103) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim.  Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/one/rule1_150). Collected 2026-07-26.