Judge Michael Ferry's standing omnibus discovery order for the 213th District Court (Aug. 5, 2026): the State may release medical records, grand jury records, Department of Family Protective Service records and criminal histories of State's witnesses to defense counsel without a formal motion (withholding permitted if the State requests a formal hearing); defense counsel may not disclose or repurpose protected information and must return or destroy the documents at the conclusion of the case.
Texas > Tarrant County > 213th District Court — all pending cases; prosecutors and defense counsel.
"The Court hereby authorizes the State of Texas, in all cases pending in this Court, to release the following records to the counsel for the defense without the necessity of a formal presentation of a motion to release the records: MEDICAL RECORDS; GRAND JURY RECORDS; DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY PROTECTIVE SERVICE RECORDS; CRIMINAL HISTORIES OF STATE’S WITNESSES. The Court expressly grants to the State o
Reviewer note: Image-only registration (2 pages) read through the vision lane; quoted verbatim in full; filed Aug. 5, 2026. The order prints the judge as Michael Ferry; the OCA roster prints Mike J. Ferry (same bench). Composed benchpath-ajr8-tarrant.
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 Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.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.
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