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John Claude Ginn
Statutory County Judge · County Court at Law
High confidence· verified September 19, 2026
Statutory County Judge · County Court at Law
What applies in this courtroom
768 verified requirements may apply in this courtroom, by layer: 2 published by Judge John Claude Ginn · 14 county-wide · 1 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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Judge — County Court at Law, Hopkins County
Appeals from this courtroom go to the Sixth Court of Appeals.
● LiveThat court's published bench (3): Charles van Cleef, Jeff Rambin, Scott E. Stevens
County-to-district assignment per Tex. Gov't Code sec. 22.201(g), live-fetched registry.
2 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 768 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.
Hopkins County Court at Law procedure for resetting a misdemeanor docket setting: how a represented or unrepresented defendant obtains a reset before the day of court (contact the court coordinator, complete and sign the reset form, and e-file it for the judge's signature) and how resets are handled on or after the day of court.
Reset procedures of the Hopkins County Court at Law for misdemeanor cases: before the day of court, the attorney (or the unrepresented defendant) contacts the court coordinator for a reset date and completes the reset form, which must be signed by the attorney and the defendant unless the defendant is incarcerated or in an inpatient facility, and is e-filed for the judge's signature; after a missed appearance the court will generally forfeit the bond at once and a bond-forfeiture warrant issues as soon as possible - the former one-week grace period no longer applies - though the court may recall the warrant and reinstate the original bond for exigent circumstances raised through the coordinator; when the defendant is detained, incarcerated or in treatment on the court date, the court is given confirmation of the defendant's location and the case is reset by the projected release date, counsel still signing a reset form.
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.
No verified ruling summary yet. BenchPath generates ruling summaries from opinion and docket corpora (CourtListener where covered) and publishes them only after human review — fabricated judicial analytics are exactly what this platform refuses to ship.
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last checked September 20, 2026
last checked September 24, 2026
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