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General Order No. 11-10 1 ADR Program Director, who will attempt to resolve the matter to the satisfaction of 2 all concerned. 3 4 10.2 Reporting_Violation. 5 A formal complaint alleging that any person or party has materially violated 6 this Order must be presented in writing (not electronically) to the ADR Program 7 Director, who will refer the matter to the ADR Judge. The letter of complaint must 8 be accompanied by a competent declaration. Copies of the letter and declaration 9 must be sent contemporaneously to all other parties. If the assigned judge is the 10 ADR Judge, the ADR Program Director will refer the letter of complaint and 11 declaration to the Vice Chair of the ADR Committee or the Vice Chair's designee. 12 The declaration must be marked "Confidential-Not to be Filed" and must neither be 13 filed nor disclosed to the assigned judge. 14 10.3 Proceeding in Response to Complaint or Report of Violation and 15 Sanctions. If, upon receiving an appropriately presented and supported complaint 16 or report of a material violation of this Order, the ADR Judge determines that the 17 matter warrants further proceedings, the ADR Judge may refer the matter to the 18 ADR Program Director to explore the possibility of resolving the complaint 19 informally in accordance with section 10.1 above. If no such referral is made, or if 20 the matter is not resolved informally, the ADR Judge for this matter shall take 21 appropriate action. The ADR Judge may issue an order to show cause why 22 sanctions should not be imposed. Any such sanctions proceedings shall be 23 conducted on the record but under seal. The ADR Judge will afford all interested 24 parties an opportunity to be heard before deciding whether to impose sanctions. 25 26 11. VIOLATION OF THIS ORDER BY A PANEL MEMBER 27 111 General Provision. This rule is intended to promote the fair and 28 timely resolution of complaints related to a mediator's performance in discharging 18