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The shared standing order of the 21st and 335th District Courts of Burleson, Lee and Washington Counties on cell phones and electronic recording devices, as registered for Lee County: individuals may bring cell phones into a courtroom (subject to a security demonstration) but photographing, recording, broadcasting, or televising any person, object, or proceeding inside the courtroom during a hearing/trial is prohibited unless the court authorizes it (see Local Rule 1.18); violators may be removed and have the device temporarily forfeited; phones must be turned off inside any courtroom and used only reasonably/non-disruptively outside; each court may modify or waive the order case-by-case; and the order does not apply to attorneys and their staff.
Texas > Lee County > the 21st and 335th District Courts (shared three-county order for Burleson, Lee and Washington; does not apply to attorneys and their staff).
21ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT and 335TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURTS OF BURLESON, LEE and WASHINGTON COUNTY, TEXAS GENERAL ORDERS STANDING ORDER REGARDING CELL PHONES AND ELECTRONIC RECORDING DEVICES No party to any lawsuit has requested this Order. Rather, this Order is a standing Order of the 21ST Judicial District and 335TH Judicial District Courts of Burleson, Lee and Washington County, Texas and applies to all hearings and trials in Burleson, Lee and Washington County, Texas district courts. Nothing in this Order should be construed as to relieve an attorney or self-represented litigant of any legal or ethical obligation required by law, statute, or rule, including rules of procedure, evidence, or the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct. Individuals may bring cell phones into any courtroom in which a District Court is conducting any hearing and/or trial. For security reasons, however, individuals may be asked to demonstrate his or her cellular telephone to a Court Security Officer, bailiff or other law enforcement officer that the device works as intended. The photographing, recording, broadcasting or televising of any person, object proceeding inside the courtroom in which a District Court is conducting any hearing and/or trial is not permitted, unless authorized by the court. [See Rule No. 1.18 of the Local Rules for District Courts]. Court Security Officers, bailiffs and other law enforcement officers shall be extra vigilant in ensuring that cellular telephones with camera capabilities, cameras, or other recording devices are not used to photograph, record, broadcast, or televise any person, object or proceeding. Any individual who violates this Order may be subject to being removed from the courtroom and having his or her electronic device temporarily forfeited to the Court Security Officers, bailiffs, or other law enforcement officers. Cellular telephones must be turned off while inside any courtroom. Cellular telephones may be used outside of the courtrooms provided that they are used in a reasonable and non-disruptive manner. Each District Court reserves the right to modify or waive this Order on a case-by-case basis. This Standing Order is not applicable to attorneys and their staff. IT IS SO ORDERED. [File stamp: FILED, MAR 24 2025, 2:05 PM [handwritten], DISTRICT CLERK, LEE COUNTY, TEXAS, DEPUTY] Signed on this 19th day of March, 2025. [signature] Judge Carson Campbell, 21ST District Court [signature] Judge John D. Winkelmann, 335TH District Court [Scan note: a vertical fold line runs down the right margin of both pages]
21ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT and 335TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURTS OF BURLESON, LEE and WASHINGTON COUNTY, TEXAS GENERAL ORDERS STANDING ORDER REGARDING CELL PHONES AND ELECTRONIC RECORDING DEVICES No party to any lawsuit has requested this Order. Rather, this Order is a standing Order of the 21ST Judicial District and 335TH Judicial District Courts of Burleson, Lee and Washington County, Texas and applies
Reviewer note: Image-only registration read through the vision lane; operative provisions quoted verbatim from the Burleson edition (doc 2357). This Lee row cites its own registration (doc 2360); the order names Burleson, Lee and Washington. Composed benchpath-ajr2-quad. [TRANSCRIBED BY EYE 2026-09-21 (corpus-0920 P12): every page of the registered file (sha256 7075e1933611..., 2 page(s), image-only scan; the OCR layer used as a typing base and corrected word by word from the page) read against the rendered file; verbatim, source typos kept, stamps/signatures bracketed; the earlier abstract replaced by the full instrument; confidence high. benchpath-tx-corpus0920-p12-2026-09-21]
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.