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Under the restructured Rule 166a, the deadlines anchor to the MOTION'S FILING, not a noticed hearing: the response is due within 21 days after the motion is filed, any reply within 7 days after the response, the hearing or submission may not be set within 35 days of filing and must be set within 60 days (or 90 for docket need, good cause, or movant agreement), and each side must submit a proposed order before the hearing or submission date.
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(d) Response. (1) Time to File. Except on leave of court or agreement of the parties, the nonmovant must file a response within 21 days after the motion is filed. … (e) Reply. (1) Time to File. The movant may file a reply. Except on leave of court or agreement of the parties, the movant must file the reply within 7 days after the response is filed. … (g) Hearing or Submission. (1) Timing. A hearing or submission date must not be set within 35 days after the motion's filing. Unless the motion is withdrawn, the court must set the motion for a hearing or submission within: (A) 60 days after the motion's filing; or (B) 90 days after the motion's filing: (i) if the court's docket so requires; (ii) on a showing of good cause; or (iii) if the movant agrees. … (3) Proposed Order. The parties must each submit a proposed order before the hearing or submission date.
21 calendar days after
MSJ response due 21 days after the motion is filed
Trigger: Filing of motion for summary judgment
Tex. R. Civ. P. 166a(d)(1)
7 calendar days after
MSJ reply due 7 days after the response is filed
Trigger: Filing of the summary-judgment response
Tex. R. Civ. P. 166a(e)(1)
35 calendar days after
MSJ hearing or submission: last day of the 35-day bar
Trigger: Filing of motion for summary judgment
Tex. R. Civ. P. 166a(g)(1)
Computed periods follow Tex. R. Civ. P. 4 — periods of five days or less skip weekends and legal holidays. Justice-court cases count every day under Tex. R. Civ. P. 500.4(a), and appellate periods count every day under Tex. R. App. P. 4.1(a); always confirm holiday calendars for the specific court.
Reviewer note: The current compilation carries the RESTRUCTURED rule (traditional/no-evidence structure with filing-anchored deadlines) — older secondary sources describing 21-day notice-of-hearing are superseded. | 2026-10-03 (fix program 2026-10-03, M10): receipt moved to the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure compilation posted 2026-10-03 (media 1463426); every quoted fragment of this card is present in it.
1 verbatim requirement on continuances in JEREMY I. FRANKER's division.
1 verbatim requirement on continuances.
Judge Weiss: case law and memos to chambers five business days before the hearing, and every exhibit a party intends to use listed on a notice of discovery and provided to the other side five business days out.