Kimberly L. Fitzpatrick

342nd District Court (Tarrant County) — Docket Call Procedure for Jury and Non-Jury Trials (trial documents due Monday noon of pretrial week; deposition objections by Wednesday 5 p.m.; in-person pretrial Thursday 1:30; exhibit binders; jury charge criteria)

Judge Kimberly Fitzpatrick's 342nd District Court docket call procedure (dated June 17, 2022; the current posting): all trial documents e-filed by noon Monday of the pretrial-conference week — exhibit and witness lists, motions in limine, proposed charge or findings, and a letter to the judge reporting the parties' conferral on pre-admitted exhibits and disputed limines and any pretrial motions — with deposition page-and-line designations filed and objections to opposing designations delivered (highlighted condensed transcripts, yellow for plaintiff and orange for defendant, plus a proposed order) by 5 p.m. the Wednesday before trial; proposed charge or findings e-mailed in Word with case type, days needed and witness count; trial check-in 8:15 a.m., juror cards by e-mail from 3 p.m. the day before, shuffle requests by 8 a.m.; an in-person pretrial conference Thursday at 1:30 p.m. the week before trial; a signed Rule 11 settlement agreement filed before the pretrial hearing to leave the docket; reset requests by 5 p.m. Wednesday; exhibits per Local Rule 3.03(c) in binders for the court, reporter and each opposing party, redacted, pre-marked, tabbed and indexed, numbered without alphabetical sub-parts; oversized exhibits with letter-size copies and physical exhibits with photos; audio in mp3 and video in mp4 on USB drives, no links. The companion Jury Charge Criteria sheet requires the charge in Book Antiqua 12-point with one-inch margins and footer page numbers, e-mailed in Word by Monday noon of the pretrial week or the trial may be reset.