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The Jefferson civil district courts’ (58th, 60th, 136th, 172nd) summary-judgment standing order implementing Gov’t Code § 23.303 (S.B. 293, 89th Leg.): all MSJs filed on/after Sept. 1, 2025 must be heard within 60 days of filing; a notice of hearing is filed contemporaneously as a separate document; absent a movant setting the court sets it, and once set the date is not reset without written good cause ruled on by the court; and no MSJ may be filed until the discovery period expires (a premature MSJ is denied by operation of the order, with rehearing available after discovery closes on a new notice of hearing).
Texas > Jefferson County > the civil district courts (58th, 60th, 136th, 172nd). Registered as TOPICs doc 2650; the county own-site print (dclerk/Documents/Orders) is the byte-source read.
"Upon the filing of a summary judgment and pursuant to Texas Government Code §23.303, as added by S.B. 293... effective September 1, 2025, all summary judgments filed on or after September 1, 2025, shall be heard within 60 days of filing... a notice of hearing is to be filed contemporaneously with the filing of a motion for summary judgment. The notice of hearing shall be filed as a separate document. Absent a setting by the movant, the summary judgment shall be set by the court. Once set by the Court, the hearing time and date will not be subject to reset without a showing of good cause, made in writing and ruled on by the Court. Timing of Summary Judgment. Absent leave of court, no summary judgment shall be filed until the expiration of the discovery period. If a summary judgment is filed prior to the expiration of the discovery period, an order shall be entered by the courts denying the motion based on the premature filing. Once the discovery period expires, the movant may request a rehearing on the summary judgment. A notice of hearing is to be filed along with the request for rehearing." Signed by the 58th, 60th, 136th (Justin Sanderson), and 172nd District Courts.
Reviewer note: Own-site text edition read in full and quoted verbatim (dual receipt with TOPICs doc 2650). Composed benchpath-ajr2-jefferson.
Tenth (10th) Court of Appeals — Standing Order No. 1, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/01/2023). The operative requirements are quoted verbatim; the registered document is the controlling text.
Tenth (10th) Court of Appeals — Standing Order No. 2, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/01/2023). The operative requirements are quoted verbatim; the registered document is the controlling text.