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Standing order of the District Courts Giving Preference to Criminal Cases, the Criminal District Courts and the Statutory County Criminal Courts of Tarrant County treating Community Supervision and Corrections Department (CSCD) files as court files: on written request either the defense attorney or the prosecutor in a pending Tarrant County case may obtain the defendant's chronological-history information (CSCD may redact; objections go to the supervising court); the information may be filed only under a sealing order, may not be further disseminated, and anything else in the CSCD file requires an order of the supervising court; third parties must move the supervising court; the written request must carry a prescribed acknowledgement. Enforceable by contempt; supersedes Administrative Orders No. 2461 (Mar. 24, 2021) and No. 2613 (Nov. 17, 2020).
Texas > Tarrant County > every pending criminal case in the district courts giving preference to criminal cases, the criminal district courts and the statutory county criminal courts — defense counsel, prosecutors and third parties seeking CSCD file information.
"1. Upon the written request of either the defendant’s attorney or the attorney representing the state in a pending criminal case in Tarrant County, CSCD will provide a copy of the defendant’s chronological-history information to the requesting party. 2. Before providing a copy … CSCD may redact any information it deems necessary. 3. The defendant’s attorney or the attorney representing the state may object to CSCD’s redaction to the supervising court. 4. Any information provided under the terms of this order may be filed with the District Clerk or the County Clerk only if accompanied by an order of the supervising court placing the information under seal. 5. Upon receipt of a defendant’s chronological-history information from CSCD, the attorney representing the state shall comply with Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 39.14. 6. The defendant’s attorney may provide a copy … to the attorney representing the state. 7. If either the defendant’s attorney or the attorney representing the state receives a defendant’s CSCD chronological-history information from opposing counsel, the information may not be further copied, shared, or otherwise disseminated. 8. Anything other than a defendant’s chronological-history information contained within the CSCD file may be obtained only by order of the supervising court. 9. A third party requesting information contained within the defendant’s CSCD file must present a written motion to the supervising court. 10. This order may be enforced by contempt. 11. A written request to CSCD for chronological-history information must contain the following acknowledgement: “I am the attorney for [the state / the defendant] in this case. I am requesting a copy of the defendant’s chronological-history information from CSCD. I affirm that I will not copy, share, or otherwise disseminate the defendant’s chronological-history information, or any other information that I have obtained from CSCD, with anyone other than opposing counsel in the cause unless authorized by order of the supervising court. I understand that this request is made under the Standing Order Regarding Files of the Community Supervision and Corrections Department of Tarrant County, Texas, and may be enforced by contempt.” 12. This order supersedes Administrative Order No. 2461 filed March 24, 2021, and Administrative Order No. 2613, filed November 17, 2020."
"1. Upon the written request of either the defendant’s attorney or the attorney representing the state in a pending criminal case in Tarrant County, CSCD will provide a copy of the defendant’s chronological-history information to the requesting party. 2. Before providing a copy … CSCD may redact any information it deems necessary. 3. The defendant’s attorney or the attorney representing the state
Reviewer note: Text-layer registration (3 pages, 3,490 chars) read in full; paragraphs 1–12 quoted verbatim; filed with the District Clerk 5/31/2023 (No. 3025). Signed by the criminal district, criminal-preference district and county criminal court judges (signature pages partly illegible in the text layer). Composed benchpath-ajr8-tarrant.
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General Order of the Civil District Courts sitting in Dallas County (signed April 6, 2020 by the thirteen civil presiding judges), as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 10/07/2023): the 25-page limit on motions and briefs with formatting floors — the instrument the individual courts' policies cite as the amended page-limit rule.