Anyone, including the court, the prosecutor, defense counsel or probation officer can make a referral to STAR. However, STAR is currently limited to portions of Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside counties, and meets in the Los Angeles, Santa Ana, and Riverside federal courthouses.
To apply, defense counsel should prepare and submit a STAR Program Referral Form. For the Los Angeles program, email the completed form to STAR U.S. Probation Officer Kristie Rzonca (Kristie_Rzonca@cacp.uscourts.gov); for the Riverside program, email to STAR U.S. Probation Officer Krystal Ward (Krystal_Ward@cacp.uscourts.gov); for the Santa Ana program, email to STAR U.S. Probation Officer Teddy Cha (Theodore_Cha@cacp.uscourts.gov). For all programs, please cc Joyce Delaney, FPD Paralegal (Joyce_Delaney@fd.org).