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Standing Order Establishing Processes for Unfiled Misdemeanor Criminal Matters — Fort Bend County. The operative requirements are quoted verbatim from the governing document (registered/posted 04/27/2023); the document in custody is the controlling text.
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IN RE: IN THE DISTRICT AND COUNTY COURTS AT LAW FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS STANDING ORDER OF THE FORT BEND COUNTY DISTRICT COURTS AND COUNTY COURTS ESTABLISHING PROCESSES FOR UNFILED MISDEMEANOR CRIMINAL MATTERS ON THIS DATE, came on to be considered by the Local Administrative Judge of Fort Bend County, Texas, in her administrative authority and the presiding Judges of the District and County Courts of Fort Bend County, Texas. The purpose of this Standing Order is to provide for the most efficient method of addressing and disposing of current and anticipated case types, arrest, subsequent unfiled case disposition and filing processes with the court of jurisdiction. This Standing Order relates to all "unfiled" criminal matters initiated subsequent to arrest or "on-view" arrest as provided under Chapters 14, 15 or 16 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, but prior to the filing of a formal complaint or information by the Fort Bend County District Attorney in a County Court of Fort Bend County, Texas. THEREFORE IT IS ORDERED, ON AND AFTER APRIL 19, 2023: Designated Fort Bend County Judges, Associate Judges or Visiting Judges shall preside over Magistrate Dockets (weekdays and weekends). After magistration and before the filing of a misdemeanor criminal complaint by the Fort Bend County District Attorney's Office, jurisdiction over "unfiled" criminal matters shall remain with the original Magistrate Judge serving in Fort Bend County, Texas. If, however, the original Magistrate Judge was a Visiting Judge or is otherwise unavailable, the "unfiled" criminal Misdemeanor matter may be heard by the designated County Court Magistrate Judge or Associate Judge, acting under the authority of the County Courts of Fort Bend County, Texas. In the event the County Court Magistrate Judge or Associate Judge is unavailable, the "unfiled" matter may be heard by any District Court Magistrate Judge or Associate Judge working under the authority of the District Courts of Fort Bend County, Texas. In the event the criminal matter remains "unfiled" on first court appearance, the rescheduling of the case shall be left to the discretion of the presiding judge of the assigned County Court of Fort Bend County, Texas. Effect of General Order: The effect of this Order shall, by agreement, grant Magistrates (and Associate Judges) who are working under the authority of the County Courts and District Courts of Fort Bend County, Texas the authority to hear "unfiled" criminal matters. This Order is not a limitation on the authority of elected or appointed presiding Judges to hear "unfiled" matters that fall within their discretion. This ORDER was approved by majority vote of the Council of Judges on April 19, 2023 and entered by the elected Judges of the District and County Court Judges for Fort Bend County, Texas and they do hereby indicate their acknowledgement of the entry of this Standing General Order by their signatures below. [signature] Tameika Carter, Presiding Judge, 400th Judicial District Court, Local Administrative District Judge COUNCIL OF JUDGES DISTRICT COURTS (Hearing Criminal Matters) [signature] Surendran Pattel, Presiding Judge, 240th Judicial District Court [signature] Steve Rogers, Presiding Judge, 268th Judicial District Court [signature] Tameika Carter, Presiding Judge, 400th Judicial District Court, Local Administrative District Judge [signature] Christian Becerra, Presiding Judge, 434th Judicial District Court, Jury Management Judge [signature] Chad Bridges, Presiding Judge, 458th Judicial District Court COUNTY COURTS-AT-LAW [signature] Christopher G. Morales, County Court at Law No. 1 [signature] Tyra McCollum, County Court at Law No. 2 [signature] Juli Mathew, County Court at Law No. 3 [signature] Toni Wallace, County Court at Law No. 4 [signature] Teana Watson, County Court at Law No. 5, Local Administrative County Court at Law Judge [signature line, unsigned] Dean Hrbacek, County Court at Law No. 6 [Running footer: Page 1 of 3 / Page 2 of 3 / Page 3 of 3]
IN RE: IN THE DISTRICT AND COUNTY COURTS AT LAW FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS STANDING ORDER OF THE FORT BEND COUNTY DISTRICT COURTS AND COUNTY COURTS ESTABLISHING PROCESSES FOR UNFILED MISDEMEANOR CRIMINAL MATTERS ON THIS DATE, came on to be considered by the Local Administrative Judge of Fort Bend County, Texas, in her administrative authority and the presiding Judges of the District and County Courts
Reviewer note: Operative provisions transcribed verbatim by vision-read of the registered scanned document (rasterized at 170 dpi and read page-by-page this session); the registered document (sha256 d79789d1511c…) is the controlling text. Registered twice (TOPICs docs 1332/1333, identical bytes). [TRANSCRIBED BY EYE 2026-09-21 (corpus-0920 P12): every page of the registered file (sha256 d79789d1511c..., 3 page(s), image-only scan; the OCR layer used as a typing base and corrected word by word from the page) read against the rendered file; verbatim, source typos kept, stamps/signatures bracketed; the earlier abstract replaced by the full instrument; confidence high. benchpath-tx-corpus0920-p12-2026-09-21]
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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