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The 40th's standard civil bench-trial scheduling order (template revised Sept. 15, 2025): instead of a final pretrial hearing, counsel must e-file a final-pretrial package by the specified date — witness list, exhibit list, a concise statement of significant issues, and a DETAILED set of Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law; the same paper-discovery, deposition, responsible-third-party, joinder, amended-pleading, expert-designation, and named-mediator requirements as the jury version — with the court's note that summary-judgment motions are DISCOURAGED in cases proceeding to a non-jury bench trial.
Texas > Ellis County > 40th District Court — civil cases set for non-jury bench trial. Template revised 09-15-25; entered per case with case-specific dates; approved by counsel.
Reviewer note: Text-layer template transcribed with operative clauses verbatim (3 pages, sha256 00653838…, 181,015 B), linked from the live 40th District Court page. Filename carries the 2023 batch label; the instrument's revision line (09-15-25) controls. Composed benchpath-ajr1-p6.
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.
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