Local Rules 1.14 and 1.15 of the 24th, 135th, 267th and 377th District Courts are amended so that every request for a motion hearing, non-jury trial or jury trial goes to the Court Coordinator by e-mail or in writing with a copy to all counsel and a certification that the requesting attorney conferred with every party and that the date is agreed — or, if not agreed, that a good-faith effort to agree failed, in which case the Court sets a telephonic or in-chambers docket control conference to fix the date; the rules bind self-represented litigants directly. Effective immediately on signing, December 31, 2014.
Applies to requests for settings of motion hearings, non-jury trials and jury trials in the 24th, 135th and 267th District Courts sitting in Goliad County (the amendment is a single instrument of the Local Administrative Judge for all six counties the courts serve; the amended text of Rules 1.14 and 1.15 is also set out in the published Rules of Court). Binds self-represented litigants. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
ORDER AMENDING LOCAL RULES FOR 24TH, 135TH, 267TH AND 377TH DISTRICT COURTS The Court judicially notices §III (14) of The Texas Lawyers Creed which provides: "I will not arbitrarily schedule a deposition, court appearance, or hearing until a good faith effort has been made to schedule it by agreement." In order that the local rules of the 24th, 135th, 267th and 377th District Courts promote the go
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-08 by vision-lane transcription of the three-page image-only signed order posted by Goliad County (custody sha 1245f359…), the only public copy of the amending order itself; the amended rule text it sets out matches Rules 1.14 and 1.15 as carried in the TOPICs-registered Rules of Court (doc 457). Goliad County edition under the shared-instrument doctrine, citing the Goliad posting as its receipt. Single current signer — judge-joined to Judge Kemper Stephen Williams (135th, Local Administrative Judge).
Division XI: information forms for data processing (Rule 11.2); required action - action taken on all calendared cases and a future date always set (Rule 11.19); and pro tem judges - an attorney named as a plaintiff in a civil or small claims case may not sit as a judge pro-tem during the case or within six months following its resolution, nor one named as a defendant in two or more such cases (Rule 11.22). Rules 11.1, 11.3 to 11.5, 11.7 to 11.18, 11.20 and 11.21 are repealed, and Rule 11.6 (voluntary arbitration; see Local Rule 10.2) was repealed and renumbered.
Duval County's indigent-defense and magistration rules under the Texas Fair Defense Act (S.B. 7): who may be booked into the county jail and on what paper; arrest-case numbering; presentment to a magistrate within 48 hours (art. 15.16); the magistrate's warnings, counsel inquiry, interpreter duty, indigence determination and appointment of counsel within 24 hours of a request; the alternative appointment plan under art. 26.04(g)-(h) with annual applications, seven attorney categories (capital, first and second degree, third degree/state jail/misdemeanor, competency, appeals, post-conviction, extradition), CLE and experience standards, random rotation within each category, written acceptance within 48 hours, first contact by the end of the next working day, replacement and suspension of counsel, fee applications within five days of completing services and the compensation attachment ($500 pleas; $175/$150 hourly; $1,400 per jury-trial day; appellate caps); bail schedules by offense class with a personal bond office (fee $20 or 3%), pre-trial supervision and revocation hearings within two working days; arraignment settings and notice; repeal of conflicting rules.
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