By standing order of the Local Administrative Judge, every setting notice (or order setting hearing) on a motion for summary judgment must state that argument on the motion is limited to 15 minutes per side.
Applies to notices of hearing and orders setting hearing on motions for summary judgment in the district courts sitting in Goliad County (24th, 135th, 267th); issued by Hon. Kemper Stephen Williams as Local Administrative Judge for the six-county district courts. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
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Unlock free →From: Judge Williams. Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 10:37 AM. To: the district clerks and court coordinators of Calhoun, Goliad, Victoria and the other counties of the district. Cc: Judge Koetter; Judge Marr; Judge Cheshire. Subject: Motions for summary judgment. Please consider this a standing order from me as local administrative judge. Setting notices on motions for summary judgment (or orders set
Reviewer note: Goliad County edition composed 2026-09-08 from the Calhoun County TOPICs registration receipt (the shared-instrument doctrine: the instrument is a joint order of the 24th, 135th, 267th and 377th District Courts for all six counties they serve; Calhoun registered it, Goliad did not). Text identical to the Calhoun edition. Original composition note: Composed 2026-09-07 from the TOPICs custody scan (text layer read in full). The registered instrument is a 2013 e-mail expressly styled a standing order of the Local Administrative Judge; Calhoun County registered it as a district standing order. Recipient e-mail addresses in the header are omitted here as personal contact data. Single current signer — judge-joined to Judge Williams.
1 verbatim requirement published by Palm Beach Division FC on uniform motion calendar & special sets.
Judge Giardina: 15-minutes-or-less schedules through JAWS, over 30 through the JA — and a unilaterally-set notice of hearing must attach a cover letter detailing at least three attempts to coordinate; hearings in person since February 14, 2022.
Ex parte in CV-E is strictly for uncontested matters resolvable in five minutes or less, held 9:00–10:00 a.m. on posted dates (website and outside Hearing Room 739). In-person, telephonic, Zoom, and hybrid appearances are permitted under Rule 2.530.
Judge Kerner's chambers will print no more than 25 pages of e-courtesy hearing materials for UMC — send more and it will not be in front of the judge.