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The 40th's standard civil jury-trial scheduling order (template revised Sept. 15, 2025, entered per case with dates): jury selection in person at the Waxahachie Civic Center central jury pool at 8:00 a.m.; final-pretrial filings e-filed 3 business days before the hearing (witness list, exhibit list, exhibits copies to reporter and judge, proposed jury charge in Word on flash drive, motion in limine, deposition designations, and a concise statement of significant issues); paper-discovery, deposition, responsible-third-party, joinder, and amended-pleading deadlines; summary-judgment motions due at least 45 days before final pretrial; expert designations with substance-and-basis disclosures plus documents and CV for controlled experts; and a mediation order requiring a NAMED mediator ("TBD" is unacceptable) with full-settlement-authority attendance.
Texas > Ellis County > 40th District Court — civil cases set for jury trial (the 40th holds Ellis County's civil district docket under Court Rules of Administration § I.a). 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 ec0c12ae…, 162,609 B), linked from the live 40th District Court page (elliscountytx.gov/83). The DocumentCenter filename carries an older 2023 batch label; the instrument's own 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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