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The standing provisions of Judge Donald J. Cosby's scheduling order (Levels 1 and 2) and docket control plan (Level 3), both effective January 2026: the orders bind pro se parties and counsel; deadlines may be modified by Rule 11 agreement except pretrial, dispositive-motion and expert-challenge dates; it is the court's policy not to continue a trial setting the attorneys agreed to, and reset does not move other deadlines absent good cause; lead counsel and pro se parties appear in person at the pretrial conference, where all motions in limine and pretrial motions are presented; dispositive motions and pleas are heard 30 days before pretrial or waived; the joining party serves the order on new parties and responsible third parties are designated by the joinder date; experts not listed are barred absent good cause and challenges are heard 30 days before pretrial or waived, under a Daubert procedure in which the challenge specifies every ground (unspecified grounds waived), the sponsoring party files affidavits or deposition excerpts by 3:30 p.m. four days before the hearing and serves them by 4 p.m., affiants are not presented live, and the objecting party cross-examines; failure to mediate by the deadline is not good cause for continuance; by noon on the court-set date the parties file exhibit lists, separate fact-witness lists, videotaped deposition designations, motions in limine with separate orders, proposed jury questions and instructions (named per party and e-mailed to the coordinator in Word) and a vocabulary list in medical-malpractice cases; exhibits are pre-marked, three-hole punched, in labeled three-ring binders with numbered tabs (Local Rule 3.0), originals to the court reporter the morning of trial; the Level 3 plan adds pleading-amendment cutoffs, deposition hour limits, a mediation objection deadline ten days before mediation, summary-judgment hearings no less than 30 days before pretrial, and a Daubert challenge filing 15 days before the hearing, and states that the plan prevails over TRCP and local-rule deadlines but not Chapter 74 statutory deadlines.
Texas > Tarrant County > 67th District Court (civil) — parties and counsel in cases under the court's scheduling order or Level 3 docket control plan.
"This order applies to parties appearing pro se as well as those represented by counsel. The following deadline dates shall apply to this case UNLESS MODIFIED BY THE COURT. All deadlines may be modified by Rule 11 Agreement except pretrial, dispositive motions and expert challenge dates. If no date is given below, the item is governed by the TEXAS RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE. … It is the policy of th
Reviewer note: Own-site documents (text layers, 4 pp / 5 pp; 6,242 / 10,860 chars) fetched 2026-09-06 and read in full; the fixed standing provisions quoted verbatim (date blanks omitted), the Level 3 plan folded as a companion; both marked 'Eff. 1/2026' and signed for Judge Donald J. Cosby (spine tx-donald-j-cosby). Composed as a rule because the forms carry fixed court policies (no continuance of agreed settings, Daubert procedure, exhibit and trial-document requirements) beyond their blanks. Composed benchpath-ajr8-tarrant (own-site lane).
Judge Wolfe enforces AO S-2024-062(28)(A) with teeth: every pretrial motion in a case transferred to TD-3 must be scheduled and heard by the original transferring judge — failure to do so timely is deemed a waiver.
Judge Rice mirrors the F-division waiver with an exception: all motions other than motions in limine must be filed AND heard before the Pretrial Conference or they are waived; limine motions must at least be filed by then.
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