W. Kent Walston
District Judge · 58th District Court
High confidence· verified August 30, 2026
District Judge · 58th District Court
What applies in this courtroom
29 verified requirements may apply in this courtroom, by layer: 4 published by Judge W. Kent Walston · 12 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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District Judge — 58th District Court, Jefferson County
Appeals from this courtroom go to the Ninth Court of Appeals.
● LiveThat court's published bench (4): Jay Wright, Kent Chambers, Leanne Johnson, Scott Golemon
County-to-district assignment per Tex. Gov't Code sec. 22.201(j), live-fetched registry.
4 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 29 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 58th District Court’s sua sponte Rule 190.4 discovery-control-plan order sets a deadline schedule (new parties, paper discovery, expert designations with CV and full report, discovery close, dispositive/Robinson-Havner motions, mediation, pretrial with all discovery objections brought forward or waived, and trial month). Mediation requires all parties to attend individually (corporations and insurers by a person with full authority) and mediate in good faith; Robinson/Havner motions not set for hearing by pretrial are waived; and the deadlines remain even if trial is not reached — "THERE WILL BE NO CONTINUANCES GRANTED."
The 58th District Court no longer holds in-person docket call/announcement; announcements must be e-filed by letter by the docket-call date, and no announcements are received by telephone or email.
The 58th District Court’s pretrial requirements (Judge Kent Walston): contested continuance motions require oral presentation and must be set before the call to trial (unheard motions are not considered); motions in limine are prepared and exchanged no later than 10 days before trial; exhibits are marked and exchanged no later than 10 days before trial for pre-admission, with objections set for hearing no later than 3 days before trial (failure waives the objection); exhibits are offered in DIGITAL format with duplicate paper copies for counsel/court/jury; the proposed charge is furnished at the start of jury selection (hard copy + Word-compatible digital); non-video deposition page/line designations are exchanged like limine items; video depositions must be edited for brevity/cogency; and displays/models/equipment are set up before court convenes.
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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District Judge — 58th District Court, Jefferson Countycurrent
date not recorded — present
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