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Grace Ruth Patricia Pandithurai
District Judge · 443rd District Court
High confidence· verified September 8, 2026
District Judge · 443rd District Court
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764 verified requirements may apply in this courtroom, by layer: 3 published by Judge Grace Ruth Patricia Pandithurai · 8 county-wide · 2 region-wide · 751 statewide — with 9 rule deadlines across those layers. Only the judge's own rules are specific to this courtroom; the other layers apply by court, county and state scope, and a court- or case-specific order can displace them.
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District Judge — 443rd District Court (Ellis County)
Appeals from this courtroom go to the Tenth Court of Appeals.
● LiveThat court's published bench (3): Lee Harris, Matt Johnson, Steven Lee Smith
County-to-district assignment per Tex. Gov't Code sec. 22.201(k), live-fetched registry.
3 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 764 total requirements apply in this courtroom across all layers — the Full Premium Report assembles the complete stack.
No judge-level deadline on record runs shorter than a statewide deadline with the same trigger. The sentinel compares quoted timing across every published rule scoped to this judge on each visit — a clean result today is re-earned tomorrow.
The 443rd's standard felony bond conditions, entered by the clerk with the Standing Discovery and Pretrial Order when the indictment is filed: no new offenses; no controlled substances, alcohol, firearms, or ANY THC product (including over-the-counter and prescription products); ignition interlock with camera (or in-home deep-lung device) for alcohol-related felony charges with full monitoring compliance; discretionary drug/breath testing; no contact with victims plus 1,000-foot stay-away zones (and child-gathering-place zones for child sex charges); no co-actor contact; timely appearance at all noticed hearings; continuation of magistrate-set conditions — with violation exposing the defendant to bond revocation and an arrest warrant without further notice.
The 443rd's standing discovery order entered by the clerk in every criminal case at indictment: State production within 10 business days after first announcement (reports, statements, warrants, expert/lab/autopsy reports, records, Brady material), continuing Art. 39.14 supplementation, 404(b)/609/38.37 notice 10 days before trial, witness list on jury-selection day, jail calls, certified judgments, physical-evidence inspection, leniency promises 10 days out, and expert (TRE 702/703/705) disclosures in writing by the 20th day before jury selection for BOTH sides; mutual limine lists (11 State topics, 9 defense topics) that cannot be mentioned before the jury without a ruling; a ban on duplicative discovery motions (conflicting motions may be overruled without hearing; particularized motions require a certificate of conference); and a written discovery log from both sides before trial. Supersedes any prior discovery order of the court, including the Jan. 1, 2023 edition.
No judge-scoped deadlines on this tab. Deadlines are extracted only when the source rule text states them — we never infer or calculate dates the rule does not explicitly contain. 9 rule deadlines apply in this courtroom across all layers — assembled with citations in the Full Premium Report.
Timing shown here is quoted from the rule text. Compute your actual date against the court's calendar and the rule itself — not legal advice.
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last checked September 28, 2026
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District Judge — 443rd District Court (Ellis County)current
date not recorded — present
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