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James Henderson

Statutory County Judge · County Court at Law No. 1 · Grayson County, Texas

High confidence· verified September 8, 2026

verified requirements: 1,259; verified requirements
rule deadlines: 9; rule deadlines
sources cited: 13; sources cited
reviewed insights: 0; reviewed insights
verified rulings: 0; verified rulings

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Report generated October 14, 2026 · benchpath.ai/reports/judge/tx-james-henderson

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Judge — County Court at Law No. 1 (Grayson County)

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08 Source appendix (13)

Grayson County Courts — co.grayson.tx.us (document veins)Healthychecked September 28, 2026
TOPICs — Texas local rules registry (topics.txcourts.gov)Healthychecked September 24, 2026
1st Administrative Judicial Region & Texas Business Court — txcourts.gov instrument pagesHealthychecked September 28, 2026
U.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit (Rules & Procedures)Healthychecked October 14, 2026
Supreme Court of Texas — Rules & Standards (statewide compilations)Healthychecked October 12, 2026

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397th District Court — Additions to the Grayson County Local Rules (Hon. Brian K. Gary)High confidence· verified September 22, 2026

397th Judicial District Court, Additions to Grayson County Local Rules (Hon. Brian K. Gary), and Letter re Continuances in Criminal Cases (June 1, 2026)

The 397th District Court's court-specific additions to the Grayson County Local Rules (Hon. Brian K. Gary): the certificate-of-conference requirement (detailed, non-conclusory; no hearing set without it except dispositive motions), the mediate-before-trial rule with the CPRC §154 objection procedure, entry of orders with the 10-day written-objection window, conflicting-settings notice; the family-law additions (TROs default to the standing family order absent a supporting affidavit, 25-minute temporary-hearing time limits, mandatory social studies in custody cases, and required inventory and appraisement); and — by the court's June 1, 2026 directive — the criminal-continuances rule that a case stays on the trial docket unless a continuance is filed and ruled on before the pre-trial hearing.

Grayson County Courts at Law — Piggyback Misdemeanor-Plea Procedures (Judges Henderson & Dunn, Dec. 27, 2024)High confidence· verified September 21, 2026

Grayson County Courts at Law, Memorandum re Hearings on Misdemeanor Plea Agreements Incident to Felony Plea Agreements (Judges Henderson & Dunn) (Dec. 27, 2024)

The County Court at Law judges' procedures for misdemeanor pleas incident to felony plea agreements (Judges Henderson and Dunn, Dec. 27, 2024): the 'piggyback hearing' in which a CCL hears a misdemeanor plea immediately after the District Court felony plea — requiring notice to the CCL coordinators by 5:00 p.m. the prior business day — plus the misdemeanor jail-chain scheduling for in-custody defendants not disposed on a piggyback hearing, and the agreed-personal-bond option where the felony plea releases the defendant with a time-served misdemeanor agreement.

Grayson County Justice Court, Precinct 4 — Policy for Modifying or Terminating an Emergency Protective Order (EPO)High confidence· verified September 22, 2026

Grayson County Justice Court, Precinct 4 — Policy for Modifying or Terminating an Emergency Protective Order (EPO) — Grayson County, Texas — https://www.co.grayson.tx.us/upload/page/0270/docs/2024/JP4_EPO_Policy.pdf — sha256-hashed 2026-09-14

The court-published Grayson County Justice Court, Precinct 4 — Policy for Modifying or Terminating an Emergency Protective Order (EPO), quoted whole from the document as posted (5 page(s)).

Grayson County Justice of the Peace Courts — Local Rules of Procedure and Rules of Decorum (rev. Oct. 28, 2016) (Judge Damon Vannoy; Grayson County)High confidence· verified September 21, 2026

Grayson County Justice of the Peace Courts — Local Rules of Procedure and Rules of Decorum (rev. Oct. 28, 2016) — Grayson County, Texas — https://www.co.grayson.tx.us/upload/page/0267/docs/JP3_Rules.pdf — sha256-hashed 2026-09-14

The court-published Grayson County Justice of the Peace Courts — Local Rules of Procedure and Rules of Decorum (rev. Oct. 28, 2016), quoted whole from the document as posted (14 page(s)).

Grayson County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 4 — Courtroom Policy and Proper AttireHigh confidence· verified September 14, 2026

Grayson County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 4 — Courtroom Policy and Proper Attire — Grayson County, Texas — https://www.co.grayson.tx.us/upload/page/0273/docs/Dresscode_POLICY.pdf — sha256-hashed 2026-09-14

The court-published Grayson County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 4 — Courtroom Policy and Proper Attire, quoted whole from the document as posted (1 page(s)).

Grayson County Local Rules (eff. Feb. 1, 2025) — incl. Rule 1.13 on Artificial IntelligenceHigh confidence· verified September 23, 2026

Grayson County Local Rules (eff. Feb. 1, 2025) (TOPICs reg. doc 2265)

The Grayson County Local Rules (effective Feb. 1, 2025), governing all Grayson County courts: the TRJA time standards (civil jury 18 months, nonjury 12; contested family 6 months, uncontested 3), conduct and decorum, continuance and conflict-setting rules, remote-hearing practice, and — as the headline — Rule 1.13 Regarding Use of Artificial Intelligence, the strongest AJR-1 AI regime: a signed certificate ATTACHED to every AI-generated pleading certifying human verification of all AI-created content against traditional legal sources, with sanctions exposure and an outright ban on AI use and recording/transcription devices in the courtroom and court offices; plus the civil-proceedings rules (uncontested docket, ex parte/TRO practice, pretrial/trial settings, mediation, DWOP, transfer/consolidation), court-appointed-counsel duties, and family-law rules.

Grayson County Standing Order for Family Law Cases (eff. Feb. 1, 2025)High confidence· verified September 22, 2026

Grayson County Standing Order for Family Law Cases (eff. Feb. 1, 2025) (TOPICs reg. doc 2264)

The Grayson County family standing order (effective for all family cases filed on or after Feb. 1, 2025), a contempt-enforceable order in every divorce and SAPCR: orders about children (no hiding, no residence/school change absent agreement or order, no derogatory comments), orders about conduct (no threatening/harassing communication, no unlawful-action threats, no unreasonable-hour or anonymous contact, no mail diversion, no accessing the other's accounts, no intercepting communications), and divorce-specific orders about property and the use of money and about personal and business records.

Circuit· 4 rules, by title

First Administrative Judicial Region — Rules for the Appeal of a Trial Court's Disapproval of or Failure to Act on a Request for Payment of Court Appointed Attorney's Fees (eff. May 14, 2015)Rules for the Appeal of a Trial Court's Disapproval of or Failure to Act on a Request for Payment of Court Appointed Attorney's Fees (1st Admin. Jud. Region, eff. May 14, 2015)High
First Administrative Judicial Region — Rules of Administration and Procedure (SCOTX Misc. Docket No. 17-9015)Rules of Administration and Procedure for the First Administrative Judicial Region (adopted Sept. 7, 2016; approved SCOTX Misc. Docket No. 17-9015, Feb. 14, 2017) (TOPICs reg. doc 318)High
First Business Court Division — Judge Bouressa's Court Procedures (rev. Apr. 1, 2026)Judge Bouressa's Court Procedures (First Business Court Division, rev. Apr. 1, 2026) (TOPICs reg. doc 2903)High

Statewide· 1,248 rules, by title

2. Transfers of Cases Between First and Fourteenth Courts of Appeals from Multi-District LitigationFirst (1st) Court of Appeals, 2. Transfers of Cases Between First and Fourteenth Courts of Appeals from Multi-District Litigation (TOPICs reg. doc. 1354)High
2. Transfers of Cases Between First and Fourteenth Courts of Appeals from Multi-District LitigationFourteenth (14th) Court of Appeals, 2. Transfers of Cases Between First and Fourteenth Courts of Appeals from Multi-District Litigation (TOPICs reg. doc. 1355)High
5th Cir. R. 10.1 — Appellant’s Duty to Order the TranscriptHigh
5th Cir. R. 10.2 — Form of Record

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Deadlines: trigger, period, and citation
Deadline	Trigger	Period	Citation
First trial setting: notice of not less than 45 days	First setting for trial	45 calendar days before	Tex. R. Civ. P. 245
Written jury request and jury fee: not less than 30 days before trial	Date set for trial of the cause on the non-jury docket	30 calendar days before	Tex. R. Civ. P. 216
Notice of appeal due 30 days after the judgment is signed	Judgment signed	30 calendar days after	Tex. R. App. P. 26.1
Notice of appeal due 90 days after the judgment is signed (timely post-judgment filing)	Judgment signed	90 calendar days after	Tex. R. App. P. 26.1(a)
Accelerated appeal: notice due 20 days after the judgment or order is signed	Judgment or order signed (accelerated appeal)	20 calendar days after	Tex. R. App. P. 26.1(b)
Initial disclosures due 30 days after the first answer or general appearance	Filing of the first answer or general appearance	30 calendar days after	Tex. R. Civ. P. 194.2(a)
MSJ response due 21 days after the motion is filed	Filing of motion for summary judgment	21 calendar days after	Tex. R. Civ. P. 166a(d)(1)
MSJ reply due 7 days after the response is filed	Filing of the summary-judgment response	7 calendar days after	Tex. R. Civ. P. 166a(e)(1)
MSJ hearing or submission: last day of the 35-day bar	Filing of motion for summary judgment	35 calendar days after	Tex. R. Civ. P. 166a(g)(1)

Periods compute under Tex. R. Civ. P. 4 — confirm the holiday calendar for this courthouse.