The 86th's standard Discovery Control Plan and Scheduling Order (entered per case with dates; the standing terms bind every case that receives it): Daubert/Dupont expert 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 — failure to mediate is not an automatic continuance ground, and parties who fail to mediate are 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; limine and other pretrial motions filed 10 days before the formal pretrial conference); jury trials set Mondays at 9:00 a.m., bench trials Fridays at 9:00 a.m. with a default-judgment warning; continuances filed and ruled on before the trial date absent extenuating circumstances.
Texas > Kaufman County > 86th District Court — the court's standard scheduling-order regime (Judge Casey Blair signature block), referenced by the court's Rules and Procedures for agreed final-hearing settings; entered per case with case-specific dates and signed by the parties and counsel.
Reviewer note: Registered scan read through the vision lane (1 page; the extracted text layer is partial). Dual custody: the county's own posting "Scheduling Order" at DocumentCenter/View/1863 on the 86th page (78,673 B vs the registered 79,143 B — same instrument, different serving). The 422nd's parallel Discovery Control Plan (View/8335) is composed separately. Composed benchpath-ajr1-p6b.
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.
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