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The 431st District Court's question-and-answer practice tips: the court's standard Scheduling Order and Discovery Control Plan is used in all cases, with counsel obtaining trial and pretrial dates from the court administrator and e-filing an agreed or proposed order; a Notice of Dismissal Setting issues when a plaintiff takes no action for more than 60 days, fails to appear or announce ready, or under the local rules, avoided by a final order or a trial setting with a signed scheduling order; emergencies and all contact go by e-mail to the administrator; motions to compel are heard on motion with certificate of conference, response and reply, TRCP 215 enforced; all pleadings by e-filing only, settings by e-mail, oral argument permitted or submission by agreement, no fax or e-mail filings, rulings usually announced at the hearing; pretrial matters over an hour set the week before jury trial; briefs concise with Second Court of Appeals or Supreme Court authority preferred, no paper copies, courtesy copies by e-mail as searchable PDF; the court hears discovery disputes itself but may appoint a discovery umpire; mediation is generally required before final trial and a party who has not mediated is not ready; written Ready/Not Ready announcements 5–15 days before trial with dismissal for failure to announce; no agreed passes; continuances and pretrial matters heard by the Friday before, none the day of a jury trial; proposed charges in Word by the Friday before; witness and exhibit lists on the court's forms to the court reporter by the Friday before; voir dire typically 30 minutes per side with strikes for cause after voir dire outside the panel's presence; openings and closings 10–30 minutes; microphone required; the court provides an Elmo and video connections; trial position given at docket call; ad litem appointments per the county local rules by written order; attorneys are expected to follow the Texas Lawyer's Creed.
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"The Court provides a standard format 'Scheduling Order and Discovery Control Plan' for use in all cases. Attorneys / pro se parties must contact the Court Administrator to obtain a trial date (and pre-trial date where applicable), then fill in all other proposed deadlines and discovery limitations as indicated on the scheduling form …, and e-file their agreed order or a proposed order with the Co
Reviewer note: Own-site document (text layer, 8 pp, 15,008 chars) read in full 2026-09-06; the operative answers quoted verbatim in order, the informational answers (emergency contact by e-mail, brief organization, masters and visiting judges, audio-visual equipment, ad litem procedure per county rules) summarized; undated; the court's page names Judge Jim Johnson and administrator Chrissy Kirkpatrick. Composed benchpath-ajr8-denton (own-site lane).
1 verbatim courtroom requirement published by Judge Michael Brown.
Section CA 03 / CA 35 (Judge Gina Beovides, 11th Cir. Circuit Civil): Foreclosure Motion Calendar: Monday 10:30 AM · Transfer Calendar: Wednesday (archived 9:00 AM; July 2026 read 9:30 AM — confirm current time)
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