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Judge Alan Wheeler's scheduling order for Justice Court Precinct 1's debt claim and small claim cases (posted as the 2026 order): every new case is set for hearing on the last Thursday of the following month; served citations with no answer or default judgment on file are set for a case review 30 days from service; first continuances or retains reset to a 30-day case review; once an answer is filed the case is set for trial within 60 days and prior non-motion hearings are cancelled; unserved cases get a 30-day case review and citation must be requested within that time to stay on the docket; after an answer, trial is 30 days out, a granted discovery motion moves trial 45 days out, and a first granted continuance resets trial 30 days out; continuances filed less than 7 days before a hearing or trial are not reviewed unless the motion states an emergency; the court applies different timetables as a case dictates and continues to hear lawful motions.
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"In order to achieve these goals, this Court has adopted the following timetables for all debt claim and small claim cases filed before it. These timetables are the standards to be applied to cases. The Court will consider and apply different timetables as each specific case dictates. The Court will continue to consider and hear any lawful motions or requests that are filed with the Court. 1. All
Reviewer note: Own-site document (text layer, 1 p, 1,612 chars) read in full 2026-09-06; quoted verbatim; the order itself is undated and the posting title supplies the 2026 edition year (recorded as the effective year); signed by Judge Alan Wheeler (spine tx-alan-robert-wheeler). Composed benchpath-ajr8-denton (own-site lane).
Judge Wolfe enforces AO S-2024-062(28)(A) with teeth: every pretrial motion in a case transferred to TD-3 must be scheduled and heard by the original transferring judge — failure to do so timely is deemed a waiver.
Judge Rice mirrors the F-division waiver with an exception: all motions other than motions in limine must be filed AND heard before the Pretrial Conference or they are waived; limine motions must at least be filed by then.
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