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A standing order of the 33rd and 424th Judicial District Courts and the Burnet County Court at Law (pursuant to House Bill 16 and Rule 166a, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure) governing the filing, submission, hearing and disposition of motions for summary judgment, including hearing-scheduling windows and oral-argument requirements.
Applies to all civil cases with a motion for summary judgment before the 33rd or 424th Judicial District Court (or Burnet County Court at Law) in Burnet County. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
STANDING ORDER REGARDING MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT FILED IN THE 33rd JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, THE 424th JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT AND THE BURNET COUNTY COURT AT LAW (Pursuant to House Bill 16 and Rule 166a, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure) INTRODUCTION This Order governs all Motions for Summary Judgment ("MSJ"), including traditional motions under Rule 166a(c) and no-evidence motions under Rule 166a(i), as amended. The 33rd Judicial District Court, the 424th Judicial District Court, and the Burnet County Court at Law hereby adopt this Standing Order governing the filing, submission, hearing, and disposition of Motions for Summary Judgment under Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 166a, including traditional and no-evidence motions. This Order is intended to ensure uniform docket management, compliance with applicable statutory and rule-based deadlines, and the orderly and efficient disposition of summary-judgment matters within these courts. This Standing Order applies to all civil cases pending or hereafter filed in the above-referenced courts unless otherwise ordered in a specific case. The District Clerk and the County Clerk shall, as part of their administrative processing of filings, promptly provide notice and transmit copies of any filed Motion for Summary Judgment to the Court Coordinator of the court in which the case is pending, so that the matter may be timely scheduled and managed in accordance with this Standing Order. I. HEARING SETTINGS A. Scheduling Window 1. Upon filing of a Motion for Summary Judgment, the Court will schedule a hearing at the first available date occurring no earlier than thirty-five (35) days after the date of filing and no later than sixty (60) days from the date of filing. 2. If required by docket constraints, for good cause shown or upon agreement of the movant the hearing may be scheduled up to ninety (90) days from the date of filing, but not beyond that time. B. Oral Argument and Definition of Hearing Date Any request for oral argument must be made in writing at least seven (7) days prior to the hearing date and must be e-filed and served on all parties. Oral argument will be strictly limited to 30 minutes per side. If oral argument is timely requested the hearing date is the date of oral argument. If no oral argument is requested, the hearing date is the date the Court considers the motion by written submission and no appearances will be required. II. NOTICE AND RESPONSE DEADLINES A. Response. Except on leave of Court, the non-movant's response and summary-judgment evidence must be filed and served within twenty-one (21) days after the Motion for Summary Judgment is filed. B. Reply. Except on leave of Court, the movant may file and serve a reply within seven (7) days after the non-movant's response is filed. C. Late Filings. Late filings will not be considered absent leave of Court. III. PROPOSED ORDERS All parties shall e-file proposed orders prior to the hearing or submission date. IV. COURT'S RULING DEADLINES The Court will sign a written order resolving the MSJ and file it with the clerk no later than ninety (90) days from the date of the hearing. V. NO-EVIDENCE MOTIONS — ADEQUATE TIME FOR DISCOVERY For purposes of Rule 166a(i), an adequate time for discovery is presumptively satisfied after the later of: 1. Nine (9) months from the date of the first appearance by the responding party; or 2. The close of the applicable discovery period. This presumption may be rebutted or modified by the Court for good cause shown. VI. ADEQUATE-TIME-FOR-DISCOVERY DOCKETING STATEMENT Any no-evidence motion for summary judgment must be accompanied by a separate Adequate-Time-for-Discovery Docketing Statement which shall affirmatively state that one of the presumptive discovery thresholds has been met or set forth specific grounds explaining why an adequate time for discovery has otherwise passed. VII. RESPONSE TO DOCKETING STATEMENT The non-movant shall have ten (10) days from the date the docketing statement and no evidence motion are filed to file a written response contesting the contents of the docketing statement. If no response is timely filed, the Court will deem the docketing statement uncontested. VIII. AUTOMATIC ABATEMENT OF PREMATURE NO-EVIDENCE MOTIONS A no-evidence motion filed before adequate discovery is met or without a docketing statement is automatically abated. While abated, the motion is not ripe for consideration and House Bill 16 and Rule 166a, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure time standards will not apply. The Court will issue a written order of abatement and once abated, the filing party must file a motion seeking to reinstate the no evidence motion for summary judgment once an adequate time for discovery has run. If a motion is abated, the hearing date will be removed from the docket. IX. CONTINUANCES Continuances of MSJ hearings will not be granted absent compelling evidence demonstrating good cause as outlined under a sworn motion for continuance. SIGNED on this 6th day of [struck: April] May [handwritten], 2026. [signature] ALLAN GARRETT, JUDGE PRESIDING, 33rd JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT SIGNED on this 6th day of May [handwritten], 2026. [signature] EVAN STUBBS, JUDGE PRESIDING, 424th JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT SIGNED on this 6th day of May [handwritten], 2026. [signature] CODY HENSON, JUDGE PRESIDING, BURNET COUNTY COURT AT LAW, BURNET COUNTY, TEXAS
STANDING ORDER REGARDING MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT FILED IN THE 33rd JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, THE 424th JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT AND THE BURNET COUNTY COURT AT LAW (Pursuant to House Bill 16 and Rule 166a, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure) INTRODUCTION This Order governs all Motions for Summary Judgment ("MSJ"), including traditional motions under Rule 166a(c) and no-evidence motions under Rule 16
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-06 from the TOPICs custody scan (image-only PDF read through the vision lane). Shared 33rd/424th civil order registered per county; bound to Burnet County. [TRANSCRIBED BY EYE 2026-09-21 (corpus-0920 P12): every page of the registered file (sha256 dd01c45ab104..., 3 page(s), image-only scan; the OCR layer used as a typing base and corrected word by word from the page) read against the rendered file; verbatim, source typos kept, stamps/signatures bracketed; the earlier abstract replaced by the full instrument; confidence high. benchpath-tx-corpus0920-p12-2026-09-21]
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.