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General Order of the Civil District Courts sitting in Dallas County (signed March 2, 2026 by the presiding judges of the 14th, 44th, 68th, 95th, 101st, 116th, 134th, 160th, 162nd, 191st, 192nd, 193rd, and 298th District Courts), as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 03/06/2026): every motion for summary judgment must be filed at least 90 days before the trial setting, untimely motions are automatically denied absent leave, and the order supersedes contrary scheduling orders and Rule 11 agreements.
Texas > Dallas County > the 13 Civil District Courts (14th, 44th, 68th, 95th, 101st, 116th, 134th, 160th, 162nd, 191st, 192nd, 193rd, 298th). Later-in-time than, and read together with, the individual courts' registered 30/45-day MSJ-hearing policies — the 90-day FILING floor is the general order's own supersession term.
"All Summary Judgments must be filed at least 90 days before the date of the next trial setting absent leave of court. If a trial is reset, the Summary Judgment must be set at least 90 days before any subsequent trial setting. All untimely Summary Judgments will be automatically denied unless movant obtains leave of court to file within 90 days of the next trial setting. This general order supersedes any scheduling orders, Rule 11 agreements or any other agreed order submitted by the parties. This order applies to all motions for summary judgments filed after the date of this order."
Reviewer note: Quoted verbatim in full (the operative text is the whole order); signature block = the current 13-court civil bench (Moyé, Frazier, Hoffman, Purdy, Williams, Parker, Tillery, Redmond, Phipps, Slaughter, Aceves, Whitmore, Tobolowsky) — succession cross-data banked; custody sha256 in the registry ledger (doc 2851); three civil district courts host this general order on their own pages — the 160th (Motion-Summary-Judgment-General-Order.pdf), the 68th (General-Order-Motion-for-Summary-Judgment-Civil-Courts.pdf), and the 95th (GENERAL-ORDER-2026.pdf), all similarity 1.000 (re-posts; custody shas in the crawl ledger).
Tenth (10th) Court of Appeals — Standing Order No. 1, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/01/2023). The operative requirements are quoted verbatim; the registered document is the controlling text.
Tenth (10th) Court of Appeals — Standing Order No. 2, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/01/2023). The operative requirements are quoted verbatim; the registered document is the controlling text.