Standing order of the 106th District Court directing the District Clerk of Dawson, Gaines, Garza and Lynn Counties to seal and keep confidential all written reports, assessments and mental health evaluations filed in felony cases in which competency, sanity or another mental health condition is at issue, subject to the exceptions in Code of Criminal Procedure chapters 46B and 46C; unsealing or disclosure requires an order of the court.
Texas > Seventh Administrative Judicial Region > Gaines County > 106th District Court.
[seal] 106th Judicial District Court REED A. FILLEY DISTRICT JUDGE DAWSON, GAINES, GARZA AND LYNN COUNTIES STANDING ORDER (Regarding Mental Health Condition) To promote and effectuate the sensitive content and confidentiality of psychiatric, psychological and other mental health evaluations, assessments and reports; IT IS ORDERED that the office of the District Clerk of Dawson, Gaines, Garza and Lynn Counties, Texas shall promptly seal and maintain as confidential all written reports, assessments and mental health evaluations that are filed in felony criminal cases in the District Court of Dawson, Gaines, Garza and Lynn County, Texas, in which a person’s competency to stand trial, sanity, or other mental health condition(s) is / are at issue and have been addressed. Subject to the exceptions stated in Articles 46B & 46C, Texas Code Criminal Procedure; IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that any such filed evaluations, assessments and reports shall not be unsealed or disclosed to any person or entity, unless disclosure of same has been otherwise ordered and approved by the District Court of Dawson, Gaines, Garza and Lynn Counties, Texas. A violation of any provision of this Order may result in a finding of contempt. IT IS SO ORDERED. SIGNED: December 13, 2024. [signature] Reed A. Filley, Presiding Judge 106th Judicial District Court Dawson, Gaines, Garza and Lynn Counties
[seal] 106th Judicial District Court REED A. FILLEY DISTRICT JUDGE DAWSON, GAINES, GARZA AND LYNN COUNTIES STANDING ORDER (Regarding Mental Health Condition) To promote and effectuate the sensitive content and confidentiality of psychiatric, psychological and other mental health evaluations, assessments and reports; IT IS ORDERED that the office of the District Clerk of Dawson, Gaines, Garza an
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-24 (AJR-7 Seventh Region build) from BenchPath custody sources/documents/d2b3251088f2e500-regarding-mental-health-condition.pdf (application/pdf, 220009 bytes, sha256 d2b3251088f2e5004f1e7482a5030aac072e8af10bd696474706c3d8cb061301; 1 pages) - the TOPICs-registered document: the digital text layer, assembled from glyph geometry with a character-stream proof, and every page read against the rendered PDF; signature, seal and file-stamp blocks bracketed.
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.