422nd District Court Discovery Control Plan and Scheduling Order — standing requirements

High confidence· verified August 29, 2026Standing OrdersDiscovery Control Plan and Scheduling Order (422nd Dist. Ct., Kaufman Cty.)

Summary

The 422nd's standard Discovery Control Plan and Scheduling Order (Judge Gibbs; entered per case with dates): Daubert/Dupont challenges on file at least 10 days before hearing; dispositive motions filed and heard by the set date; MEDIATION REQUIRED IN ALL CASES, completed 5 weeks before trial — not an automatic continuance ground, with non-mediating parties limited to 30 minutes per side at trial; jury-trial pretrial production two weeks out (one-page trial summary, proposed charges, exhibits for stipulation, Rule 166a matters; pretrial motions filed 10 days before the formal conference); jury trial, jury announcement, and pretrial slots set per case, bench trials with a default-judgment warning; continuances filed and ruled on before trial absent extenuating circumstances.

Applies to

Texas > Kaufman County > 422nd District Court — the court's standard scheduling-order regime, entered per case with case-specific dates; referenced by the court's Rules and Procedures for agreed final-hearing settings.

Source of truth

Official source: Kaufman County Courts — kaufmancounty.net (court veins)
Source health: Healthy · checked August 29, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: August 29, 2026benchpath-tx-ajr1-kaufman-2026-08-29

Reviewer note: Text-layer template transcribed with the standing terms verbatim (444,912 B, one extracted page of text), linked from the live 422nd District Court page. Parallel to the 86th's registered DCP (TOPICs doc 2114), composed separately. Composed benchpath-ajr1-p6b.

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