Melissa Saenz
Statutory County Judge · County Court at Law No. 2
High confidence· verified September 9, 2026
Statutory County Judge · County Court at Law No. 2
What applies in this courtroom
76 verified requirements may apply in this courtroom, by layer: 4 published by Judge Melissa Saenz · 59 county-wide · 2 region-wide · 11 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 No. 2, Bexar County
Appeals from this courtroom go to the Fourth Court of Appeals.
● LiveThat court's published bench (7): Adrian A. Spears, II, H. Todd McCray, Irene Rios, Lori I. Valenzuela, Lori Massey Brissette, Rebeca Martinez, Velia J. Meza
County-to-district assignment per Tex. Gov't Code sec. 22.201(e), live-fetched registry.
4 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 76 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.
Judge Saenz requests that magistrates, associate judges and Pre-Trial Services impose, at a minimum, for persons arrested on or after January 9, 2026 who are assigned to County Court at Law No. 2 and charged with DWI, assault bodily injury, evading arrest or detention, prostitution, possession of marijuana or possession of a controlled substance: no drugs or alcohol, a chemical-dependency screening with a licensed counselor, compliance with the screening recommendation, and monthly UAs with Pre-Trial Services (UA fees waived); the request does not displace the magistrate's independent assessment under Code of Criminal Procedure arts. 17.15(a) and 17.40, and screenings and recommended counseling are free to the defendant.
Defendants under pre-trial supervision in County Court at Law No. 2 may travel outside Bexar County and Texas without court permission unless specifically prohibited, on 48 hours' notice to their pre-trial officer and a UA within 24 hours of return; defendants on full or partial house arrest, tracking or curfew must stay in Bexar County unless authorized, but the pre-trial officer must permit verified attendance within 75 miles at a family funeral, physician appointments, attorney-client meetings, emergency hospital visits and Pre-Trial Services or Re-Entry Center appointments, provided no no-contact order is violated.
In every DWI case in County Court at Law No. 2 the State must produce, on or before the 60th day after the information is filed, the laboratory's accreditation, inspection and non-compliance records, testing and calibration-curve policies and sample-selection criteria (A); validation studies, batch standards and controls, quality-control, refrigeration, proficiency, balance and pipette records, personnel training and discipline, and maintenance records (B); instrument identity, consumables, t0 reporting, calibration curve and chromatograms, batch logs, machine parameters and mass-spectrometer library, hit-list and tune reports (C); case records, bench notes, vial identification, uncertainty measurement, chain of custody and quality action plans (D); and a defense inspection opportunity (E); late production is reviewed case by case for admissibility of the blood-test result, and cases already on file had a December 31, 2023 deadline.
In every DWI case in County Court at Law No. 2 the State must produce, on or before the 60th day after the information is filed, thirteen categories of Intoxilyzer breath-test records (instrument certificate and solution files, the Cobra Data Log and maintenance file for six months before and after the test, NIST traceability and thermometer calibration, simulator-solution procedures, software documentation and updates, operator and technical-supervisor history files and disciplinary records, unpublished operating policies, and DPS annual inspection reports a year before and after); late production is reviewed case by case for admissibility of the breath-test result, and cases already on file had a December 31, 2023 deadline.
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 October 24, 2026
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Judge — County Court at Law No. 2, Bexar Countycurrent
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