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Docket Procedures — 482nd District Court — posted on the court's own website — the court-procedure tier (standing procedures, policies, and preferences the court itself publishes), distinct from the TOPICs-registered local-rules tier (TRCP 3a registration applies to local rules). Operative requirements quoted verbatim; the posted document is the controlling text.
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482 nd Docket Procedures Arraignment setting. (Day 1) Parties assigned to the case and linked. Both parties expected to review the case and identify evidence that both parties need to proceed to trial with the case. Defense to file discovery request or use the Court’s standard discovery order. Make all request for discovery. State is required to reach out to the agencies to put in their request for items included but not limited to RIP Labs Blood DNA 911 Dash Cam Body Cam Medical Records CPS records Ballistics and Toxicology Reports Second Setting (45-60 days after 1 st setting) 45-60 days Parties need not approach the Court. Parties to discuss with each other matters, determine outstanding discovery. Third Setting (45-60 days after second setting) 90-120 days Parties need not approach the Court. Parties to discuss with each other matters, determine outstanding discovery. May give additional settings at this phase based on the date given for discovery compliance. Fourth Setting (30 days after Third setting. Discovery Compliance) (In Person) 120-150 days Both sides must approach the Court with status updates Discovery compliance setting. Parties update on the status of the discovery. If discovery complete, 30 days reset given for parties to talk and place it on the trial docket. If all discovery isn’t provided by the Discovery compliance setting, 2 weeks setting for a discovery compliance hearing to determine if 39.14 has been complied with in a timely manner. Discovery orders must be submitted, prior to getting a trial date. Both sides should evaluate their cases in preparation for a trial setting date at next setting. Fifth Setting (In Person) 135-180 days Evidentiary Hearing/ Compliance hearing All motions will be heard, ruled on and signed prior to getting a reset. Case will get a trial and pre-trial conference date this setting. Sixth Setting (In Person) – 1 month before trial setting Pre-Trial conference setting Party announcements. All witness confirmed availability through the entire week of trial setting. Verify all parties ready. Seventh Setting (In person) 165-240 days Trial Carried- all cases that do not go on the Friday trial setting will be carried to the following Wednesday for trial. Must approach the Court Resets State jail: cases 90 days old 3 rd degree: cases 120 days old 2 nd degree or higher: cases 180 days old Capital Murders: cases 250 days old Case Settings Approach Court Pre-Trial conf. Jury Trials State jail cases 90+ days 150+ days 180+ days 3 rd degree cases 120+ days 180+ days 220+ days 2 nd /1 st degree 180+ days 240+ days 270+ days Capital/Murders 250+ days 350+ days 380+ days
Reviewer note: Own-site content fetched by us 2026-08-22 (Phase 3 justex/page sweep; hashed receipts in custody). Complete document text quoted verbatim (whitespace-normalized); the posted document is the controlling text. Composed from the court's own published site content (justex content API section, our sweep receipts).
17 verbatim requirements extracted from 4243-01__2021-05.pdf, across 4 topics.
Judge Eckley-Moulder's courtroom policies (court starts 9:30 sharp): at the Final Pre-Trial, all trial counsel and the defendant must be physically present, phones silenced, and no recording without media clearance.