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342nd District Court (Tarrant County) — Docket Call Procedure for Jury and Non-Jury Trials (trial documents due Monday noon of pretrial week; deposition objections by Wednesday 5 p.m.; in-person pretrial Thursday 1:30; exhibit binders; jury charge criteria)

High confidence· verified September 6, 2026Case Management342nd District Court Docket Call Procedure — Jury and Non-Jury Trial Cases (June 17, 2022; posted as Docket_Call_Procedures_5-21-26.pdf) and Jury Charge Criteria, Tarrant County — posted on the court's Court Rules and Procedures page

Summary

Judge Kimberly Fitzpatrick's 342nd District Court docket call procedure (dated June 17, 2022; the current posting): all trial documents e-filed by noon Monday of the pretrial-conference week — exhibit and witness lists, motions in limine, proposed charge or findings, and a letter to the judge reporting the parties' conferral on pre-admitted exhibits and disputed limines and any pretrial motions — with deposition page-and-line designations filed and objections to opposing designations delivered (highlighted condensed transcripts, yellow for plaintiff and orange for defendant, plus a proposed order) by 5 p.m. the Wednesday before trial; proposed charge or findings e-mailed in Word with case type, days needed and witness count; trial check-in 8:15 a.m., juror cards by e-mail from 3 p.m. the day before, shuffle requests by 8 a.m.; an in-person pretrial conference Thursday at 1:30 p.m. the week before trial; a signed Rule 11 settlement agreement filed before the pretrial hearing to leave the docket; reset requests by 5 p.m. Wednesday; exhibits per Local Rule 3.03(c) in binders for the court, reporter and each opposing party, redacted, pre-marked, tabbed and indexed, numbered without alphabetical sub-parts; oversized exhibits with letter-size copies and physical exhibits with photos; audio in mp3 and video in mp4 on USB drives, no links. The companion Jury Charge Criteria sheet requires the charge in Book Antiqua 12-point with one-inch margins and footer page numbers, e-mailed in Word by Monday noon of the pretrial week or the trial may be reset.

Applies to

Texas > Tarrant County > 342nd District Court (civil) — all jury and non-jury trial settings; counsel and self-represented parties.

Source of truth

"342nd DISTRICT COURT DOCKET CALL PROCEDURE — JURY AND NON-JURY TRIAL CASES. All Trial Documents are Due on Monday by 12:00 p.m., the Week of the Pretrial Conference. E-file the following documents: 1. Exhibit List – Jury and Non-Jury 2. Witness List – Jury and Non-Jury 3. Motions in Limine – Jury 4. Proposed Jury Charge – Jury or Proposed Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law – Non-Jury 5. Letter

Official source: Tarrant County Civil District Courts — tarrantcountytx.gov (county site tree)
Source health: Healthy · checked October 6, 2026
Effective date: June 17, 2022
Last verified: September 6, 2026benchpath-tx-ajr8-tarrant-ownsite-2026-09-06

Reviewer note: Own-site documents (text layers, 3,871 + 433 chars) read in full 2026-09-06; quoted verbatim; the docket-call sheet is dated June 17, 2022 and posted under a May 21, 2026 file name (current posting); joined to Judge Kimberly L. Fitzpatrick (current bench per OCA). The Jury Charge Criteria sheet is folded as a companion receipt. Composed benchpath-ajr8-tarrant (own-site lane).