Court Rules for Jefferson County Court at Law No. 2

High confidence· verified August 29, 2026Local RulesCourt Rules for Jefferson County Court at Law No. 2 (TOPICs reg. doc 2496)

Summary

The local rules for Jefferson County Court at Law No. 2 (Judge Terrence L. Holmes): a fixed weekly docket schedule (Monday jury trial/announcement; Tuesday jail run/arraignment; Wednesday announcement-plea/jury trial; Thursday pretrial conference/plea; Friday jail run/MTRP/announcement/pretrial motions), an arraignment-docket procedure, and the court’s criminal case-flow practice.

Applies to

Texas > Jefferson County > County Court at Law No. 2 (Judge Terrence L. Holmes).

Source of truth

Official source: TOPICs — Texas local rules registry (topics.txcourts.gov)
Source health: Healthy · checked August 25, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: August 29, 2026benchpath-tx-ajr2-jefferson-2026-08-29

Reviewer note: Text-layer registration (10,028 chars) read; docket schedule quoted verbatim. Composed benchpath-ajr2-jefferson.

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