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Judge Shelton T.W. Gibbs, IV's court rules for the 422nd: certificate-of-conference gate on all motion settings (with the court's two-alternative certificate); a judge-approval list for show-cause, habeas, attachment, garnishment, injunctive, protective, and TRO-extension orders; the court's Notice of Hearing (2nd Floor) with the certificate required on every notice and coordinator-set hearings; TRCP 21 removal/reset; agreed final settings by scheduling order that MUST include mediation completed at least 5 weeks before trial; dilatory pleas heard ≥10 days pre-trial; mandatory scheduling conferences (contents list including a pre-trial-conference date; final trial date fixed at temporary orders); pre-trial attendance/authority rules where failure to conform "shall be ground for postponement… or other appropriate action"; conflicting-engagement and docket-call mediation-precedence rules; the DWOP regime (60-day inaction, 30-day notice, retention by contacting the Court, 30-day post-rendition judgment rule, 10-day objection letters); TRCP 10 withdrawals; ex parte presentment by e-filing with the enumerated contact certifications; 10-day-letter notice language; unagreed orders e-filed 5 business days before hearing (rejected if 30+ days early); criminal defendants attend every setting and check in with the bailiff; temporary orders carry trial dates with mediation required; Zoom evidence to the court reporter two days ahead via screen share; the Via-app A/V protocol tied to the standing A/V order; and professional-attire requirements.
Texas > Kaufman County > 422nd District Court (Judge Shelton T.W. Gibbs, IV; coordinators Angela Endicott and Lilian Rojas) — all cases in the court, with the criminal-docket provisions for its criminal cases.
[Seal: THE STATE OF TEXAS · KAUFMAN COUNTY] SHELTON T.W. GIBBS, IV District Judge 422nd JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT Kaufman County 469-376-4668 Angela Endicott | Lilian Rojas Angela.Endicott@kaufmancounty.net | Lilian.Rojas@kaufmancounty.net Peri Perkins Court Reporter Peri.Perkins@kaufmancounty.net Court Rules and Procedures SETTING HEARINGS Certificates of Conference No motion or special exceptions
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Division XI: information forms for data processing (Rule 11.2); required action - action taken on all calendared cases and a future date always set (Rule 11.19); and pro tem judges - an attorney named as a plaintiff in a civil or small claims case may not sit as a judge pro-tem during the case or within six months following its resolution, nor one named as a defendant in two or more such cases (Rule 11.22). Rules 11.1, 11.3 to 11.5, 11.7 to 11.18, 11.20 and 11.21 are repealed, and Rule 11.6 (voluntary arbitration; see Local Rule 10.2) was repealed and renumbered.
Duval County's indigent-defense and magistration rules under the Texas Fair Defense Act (S.B. 7): who may be booked into the county jail and on what paper; arrest-case numbering; presentment to a magistrate within 48 hours (art. 15.16); the magistrate's warnings, counsel inquiry, interpreter duty, indigence determination and appointment of counsel within 24 hours of a request; the alternative appointment plan under art. 26.04(g)-(h) with annual applications, seven attorney categories (capital, first and second degree, third degree/state jail/misdemeanor, competency, appeals, post-conviction, extradition), CLE and experience standards, random rotation within each category, written acceptance within 48 hours, first contact by the end of the next working day, replacement and suspension of counsel, fee applications within five days of completing services and the compensation attachment ($500 pleas; $175/$150 hourly; $1,400 per jury-trial day; appellate caps); bail schedules by offense class with a personal bond office (fee $20 or 3%), pre-trial supervision and revocation hearings within two working days; arraignment settings and notice; repeal of conflicting rules.
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