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Standing order of the 21st, 335th and 423rd District Courts and the County Court at Law of Bastrop County on the Rule 165a dismissal (“drop”) docket: each court pulls its own dismissal docket; a motion to retain does not remove a cause from the docket and must specifically allege good cause; parties and attorneys must appear on the docket date, which also serves as a status hearing for retained causes; the District Clerk keeps a master list.
Texas > Second Administrative Judicial Region > Bastrop County > 21st, 335th and 423rd District Courts and the County Court at Law (causes placed on the Rule 165a dismissal docket), as named in the order.
21ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT, 335TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, AND 423RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURTS AND COUNTY COURT OF LAW OF BASTROP COUNTY, TEXAS GENERAL ORDERS STANDING ORDER REGARDING DOCKETS SET PURSUANT TO TEX.R.CIV.PRO. 165a DISMISSAL DOCKET (“DROP” DOCKET) No party to any lawsuit has requested this Order. Rather, this Order is a standing Order of the 21ST Judicial District, 335TH Judicial District, 423RD Judicial District Courts, and the County Court at Law of Bastrop County, Texas that applies to causes filed in the Bastrop County District Clerk’s Office in Bastrop County, Texas that are pulled and placed on a Dismissal Docket pursuant to Local Rules District Courts 6.19 – 6,22, and Local Rules County Court at Law Rule 8 that are located at: http://www.bastropcountytexas.gov/users/0001/dist_attorney/AMENDED_LOCAL_RULES_DISTRICT.pdf). http://www.co.bastrop.tx.us/upload/page/0087/docs/CCAL%20Local%20Rules%202005.pdf The 21ST Judicial District, 335TH Judicial District, 423RD Judicial District Courts, and the County Court at Law of Bastrop County, Texas have adopted this Order because of the necessity for clarification of the procedures in implementing Local Rules District Courts 6.19 – 6.22, and Local Rules County Court at Law Rule 8. Therefore, it is ORDERED: A Dismissal Docket will be pulled pursuant to Local Rules District Courts 6.19 – 6.22 and Local Rules County Court at Law Rule 8, for each Court (the 21ST Judicial District, 335TH Judicial District, 423RD Judicial District Courts, and the County Court at Law of Bastrop County, Texas) and each Judge will handle their own docket. A Motion to Retain filed by a party does NOT automatically remove the cause from the Dismissal Docket. A Motion to Retain MUST specifically allege good cause as to why the cause should not be dismissed for want of prosecution. All parties and their attorneys MUST appear at the scheduled Dismissal Docket date unless they are otherwise released from appearing by the Court. The Dismissal Docket date will also be used as a Status Hearing date to provide trial dates for the causes that are retained. The Bastrop County District Clerk’s Office will maintain a Master List of cases that are originally placed on the Dismissal Docket for a scheduled date. If any part of this Order is different from any part of a previous Order that has already been entered regarding a specific cause, the previous Order’s provisions prevail. This Order remains in full force and effect until a different Order is signed by a Court. IT IS SO ORDERED. THIS 21ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT, 335TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, 423RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURTS, AND COUNTY COURT AT LAW STANDING ORDER REGARDING TEX.R.CIV.PRO. 165a DISMISSAL DOCKET (“DROP” DOCKET) SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. Signed on this [handwritten: 1st] day of [handwritten: August], 20[handwritten: 16]. [signature] Judge Carson Campbell, 21ST District Court [signature] Judge Reva L. Towslee Corbett, 335TH District Court [signature] Judge Christopher D. Duggan, 423rd District Court [signature] Judge Benton Eskew, County Court at Law [Stamp: FILED [handwritten: 2:30 P] M DATE [handwritten: 08/02/2016] Sarah Loucks District Clerk, Bastrop County] [Two-page scanned order typed from the page images of the file registered with the Office of Court Administration (TOPICs document 729), captured from the registry on September 23, 2026. Both pages carry a fax header ("Aug. 1, 2016 1:16PM", "No. 1267 P. 1" and "P. 2") and the District Clerk's filing stamp, and they are numbered 1 and 2; page 1 also carries the District Clerk's address stamp ("SARAH LOUCKS, DISTRICT CLERK P.O. BOX 770 BASTROP, TX 78602"). Source wording is kept as printed, including "COUNTY COURT OF LAW" in the heading, "Local Rules District Courts 6.19 – 6,22" in the first paragraph and the unmatched parenthesis after the first web address. Ordinal suffixes printed as superscripts are given in line. Bold and underlining are not reproduced.]
21ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT, 335TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, AND 423RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURTS AND COUNTY COURT OF LAW OF BASTROP COUNTY, TEXAS GENERAL ORDERS STANDING ORDER REGARDING DOCKETS SET PURSUANT TO TEX.R.CIV.PRO. 165a DISMISSAL DOCKET (“DROP” DOCKET) No party to any lawsuit has requested this Order. Rather, this Order is a standing Order of the 21ST Judicial District, 335TH Judicial District, 423RD
Reviewer note: Published 2026-09-23 (corpus-0920 P13, registry lane): the registered file (TOPICs 729, sha256 ecf1b0cda134..., 2 page(s)) was captured live from the OCA registry (the owner corpus had no capture), triaged against the published Bastrop County rules (no twin), and transcribed by eye from the page images; confidence high. [benchpath-tx-corpus0920-p13-2026-09-23]
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.