Differentiated Felony Case Management — Case Scheduling Tracks (August 2013) — 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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Harris County District Courts Differentiated Case Management Pilot Program Case Scheduling Tracks Expedited Track Setting Jail Cases Bond Cases Filing + 1-4 days* Initial Appearance (PIA) Filing + 1 day* PIA + 30 days Consultation Setting PIA + 30 days Indictment + 15 days Evidence Exchange (EE) Indictment + 15 days EE + 60 days Comprehensive Pretrial Conference EE + 60 days Bond Cases Filing + 1-4 days* Trial within 4 weeks of Comprehensive Pretrial Conference PIA + 30 days Basic Track Indictment + 15 days Indictment + 75 days Setting Jail Cases Indictment + 90 days Initial Appearance (PIA) Filing + 1 day* Bond Cases Filing + 1-4 days* Consultation Setting PIA + 30 days PIA + 30 days Evidence Exchange (EE) Indictment + 15 days Indictment + 60 days Indictment + 90 days Comprehensive Pretrial Conference Indictment + 75 days Indictment + 105 days Motions. Indictment + 90 days Trial within 4 weeks of Comprehensive Pretrial Conference Complex Track Setting Jail Cases Initial Appearance (PIA) Filing + 1 day* Consultation Setting PIA + 30 days Evidence Exchange (EE) Indictment + 60 days Comprehensive Pretrial Conference Indictment + 90 days Motions. Indictment + 105 days Trial within 6 weeks of Comprehensive Pretrial Conference Unless otherwise indicated, calendar days are used for calculations. * County business days Rev 8/30/13
Reviewer note: Own-site content fetched by us 2026-08-23 (Phase 5 page-denominator close; hashed custody). Complete document text quoted verbatim (whitespace-normalized); the posted document is the controlling text.
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.