Sacramento County Superior Court leaders said Tuesday that they’re dumping their out-of-state connection to a controversial computer system and will instead operate their own network locally.

The announcement, made before a packed courtroom of judges, media, local bar members, and legislative staffers, is a poke in the eye to the Administrative Office of the Courts, which plans to spend more than $1 billion on a statewide case management system connecting all 58 trial courts with each other and law enforcement and child welfare agencies.