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Travis County District Courts Standing Order on the Master Calendar

High confidence· verified September 23, 2026Case ManagementTravis County District Courts Standing Order on the Master Calendar (June 29, 2026; Misc. Docket No. 26-9019) — TOPICs reg. doc 3024.

Summary

A standing order of the Travis County Civil and Family District Courts establishing the Master Calendar (managed by the Court Administration Office) for setting hearings in cases not retained under Local Rule 2.6 or 10.2, to make the most efficient use of judicial resources.

Applies to

Applies to the setting of hearings in civil and family cases on the Master Calendar of the Travis County District Courts. Procedural information only; not legal advice.

Requirement

[Seal: COUNTY OF TRAVIS · STATE OF TEXAS] [Stamp: Filed in the District Court Of Travis County, Texas At JUNE 29, 2026 4:25 PM LLJ Velva L. Price, District Clerk] FILE NO. GN-61-121012 STANDING ORDER ON THE MASTER CALENDAR PREAMBLE In accordance with the rules promulgated by the Texas Supreme Court in Misc. Dkt. No. 26-9019, and as authorized by the Texas Constitution, the Texas Government Code, and other applicable statutes, the judges of the undersigned Travis County Civil and Family District Courts issue this Standing Order for all cases not retained under Local Rule 2.6 or 10.2. Timely access to the judicial system is an essential component of justice. The Master Calendar managed by the Travis County Court Administration Office allows for the most expeditious and efficient use of judicial resources to reach the greatest number of hearings and litigants as quickly as possible, while still ensuring each judge is responsible for every case filed in their court. This Standing Order must be read in conjunction with the Travis County District Courts’ Standing Order on Motions for Summary Judgment. TRAVIS COUNTY MASTER DISTRICT COURT CALENDAR The below-signed courts hereby order that, for all existing cases and all newly filed cases that are not retained by the responsible judge pursuant to Local Rule 2.6 or 10.2, the following provisions shall be followed. 1. The Court Administrator and their appropriate designees shall assign and set hearings and trials on the Master Calendar for the Travis County Civil and Family District Courts. 2. For cases retained pursuant to Local Rule 2.6 or 10.2, parties and attorneys shall follow all directions from the responsible judge. Courts who are non-signatories to this Standing Order have chosen not to participate in the Master Calendar and all cases filed in those courts are retained exclusively by the responsible judge under Local Rule 2.6. This Standing Order is effective as of July 1st, 2026. Signed by the following Civil District Judges and filed with District Clerk’s Office on June [handwritten: 29], 2026. [signature] MARIA CANTÚ HEXSEL, Judge, 53rd District Court [signature] SANDRA AVILA RAMIREZ, Judge, 98th District Court [signature] AURORA MARTINEZ JONES, Judge, 126th District Court [signature] JESSICA MANGRUM, Judge, 200th District Court [signature] AMY CLARK MEACHUM, Judge, 201st District Court [signature line unsigned on the filed copy] CORY LIU, Judge, 250th District Court [signature] DANIELLA DESETA LYTTLE, Judge, 261st District Court [signature] JAN SOIFER, Judge, 345th District Court [signature] SHERINE THOMAS, Judge, 353rd District Court [signature] CATHERINE A. MAUZY, Judge, 419th District Court [signature] LAURIE EISERLOH, Judge, 455th District Court [signature] MAYA GUERRA GAMBLE, Judge, 459th District Court [Two-page order typed from the page images, checked against its partly OCR text layer. The first page carries the Travis County seal and the District Clerk's filing stamp; the filing date on the second page is written by hand. The judges' signatures are set in two columns, the left column first, each over the typed name and court; the line for the 250th District Court is blank on the filed copy. Ordinal suffixes printed as superscripts are given in line. Bold and underlining are not reproduced.]

Source of truth

[Seal: COUNTY OF TRAVIS · STATE OF TEXAS] [Stamp: Filed in the District Court Of Travis County, Texas At JUNE 29, 2026 4:25 PM LLJ Velva L. Price, District Clerk] FILE NO. GN-61-121012 STANDING ORDER ON THE MASTER CALENDAR PREAMBLE In accordance with the rules promulgated by the Texas Supreme Court in Misc. Dkt. No. 26-9019, and as authorized by the Texas Constitution, the Texas Government Code, a

Official source: TOPICs — Texas local rules registry (topics.txcourts.gov)
Source health: Healthy · checked September 24, 2026
Effective date: June 29, 2026
Last verified: September 23, 2026benchpath-tx-corpus0920-p12-2026-09-21

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-06 from the TOPICs custody scan (text layer read). Bound to Travis County (civil/family). [TRANSCRIBED BY EYE 2026-09-23 (corpus-0920 P12): every page of the registered file (sha256 53bc6c63e958..., 2 page(s)) typed from the page images, its text layer used only as a check; verbatim, source typos kept, stamps/signatures bracketed; the earlier abstract replaced by the full instrument; confidence high. benchpath-tx-corpus0920-p12-2026-09-21]