Alameda County Veterans Treatment Court and Military Diversion Calendar

The Superior Court of Alameda County hears military diversion and Veterans Treatment Court cases in Department 106 at the Wiley W. Manuel courthouse, Oakland; see the California entry on Penal Code sections 1001.80 and 1170.9. Who can be referred. "Any active military member or veteran can be referred, regardless of discharge type or Veterans Administration (VA) benefit qualification", and the court says anyone who served should be put on calendar for an assessment. Veterans Treatment Court candidates are assessed for substance use treatment and may need mental health services too; one not eligible for the treatment court may be sent to military diversion instead. The programme. Twelve months of court sessions, drug and alcohol testing, a treatment programme and a mental health plan, with housing and employment services, transportation vouchers and incentives. It can end in dismissal or reduction of charges, sealing of records, and early release from, modification of, or no probation. Calendars. Private counsel matters on the first Friday at 9 a.m.; Public Defender matters on the second and fourth Fridays at 9 a.m.; military diversion on the first, second and fourth Fridays at 9 a.m.; Veterans Treatment Court at 1:30 p.m. Defense counsel requests a date on the military diversion calendar and starts the paperwork with the VA Veterans Justice Outreach Specialist. The court's collaborative courts office is at [email protected], 510-263-4342.