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.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.
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