434th District Court Policies (registered court procedures) — Fort Bend County. The operative requirements are quoted verbatim from the governing document (registered/posted 01/01/2023); the document in custody is the controlling text.
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CRIMINAL DOCKETS • THE DOCKET CONTROL ORDER (provided below) SHALL APPLY TO ALL PENDING CRIMINAL CASES. • The Docket Control Order shall be signed by ALL parties and filed with FBC District Clerk at the Arraignment Docket. • ALL RESETS SHALL BE EFILED WITH THE DISTRICT CLERK'S OFFICE WITH NOTICE GIVEN TO THE FORT BEND COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. • The Reset provided below is to be used for ALL Electronic Resets. … All resets must be submitted by 9:00 a.m. the day of, but no more than 3 days prior to, docket call. … Paperwork must bee-filed 48 hours in advance and notice given to the Court Coordinator and Prosecutors. … Cause No. § § § § § DOCKET CONTROL ORDER IN THE DISTRICT COURT FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS 434th JUDICIAL DISTRICT The following docket control order shall apply to this case unless modified by the court. … All parties must be added and served, whether by amendment or third-party practice, by this date. … THE PARTY CAUSING THE JOINDER SHALL PROVIDE A COPY OF THIS DOCKET CONTROL ORDER AT THE TIME OF SERVICE. … Expert witness designations are required and must be served by the following dates. … The designation must include the information listed in Rule 194.2 (f). … Parties must complete mediation by this date. … All discovery must be completed before the end of the discovery period. … Parties seeking discovery must serve requests sufficiently far in advance of the end of the discovery period that the deadline for responding will be within the deadline to complete discovery. … Must be heard by oral hearing. … All other dispositive motions or pleas must be heard by this date. … All motions to exclude expert testimony and evidentiary challenges to expert testimony must be filed by this date, unless extended by leave of court. … All amendments and supplements must be filed by this date. … Parties shall be prepared to discuss all aspects of trial with the court on this date.
Reviewer note: Operative mandatory-language provisions quoted verbatim from the registered document; the full document (sha256 7f36ca466cc6…) is the controlling text. The registered instrument (filed December 16, 2022) frames its docket procedures in COVID-era emergency-order terms and remains the court's only registered procedures document; currency caveat carried on the composed summary.
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