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A joint standing order of the District and County Courts of Travis County governing certain felony and misdemeanor criminal complaints in the period between the completion of magistration and the filing of formal charges.
Applies to certain magistrated criminal complaints before the District and County Courts of Travis County. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
DocuSign Envelope ID: 5434D2BA-20FF-44C8-BCE7-5E040CE0C29B [This envelope line heads pages 1 through 4.] D-1-GN-61-121012 C-1-CR-11-100054 § IN THE DISTRICT & COUNTY § § COURTS OF § § TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS JOINT STANDING ORDER CONCERNING CERTAIN MAGISTRATED COMPLAINTS 1. This Order applies to the following proceedings under felony criminal complaints and misdemeanor criminal complaints for which the District and County Courts of Travis County have jurisdiction that arise between the completion of magistration at the Travis County Central Booking Facility and the filing of an indictment or information in the District and County Courts based on such complaints: requests for bond reductions or increases; requests for bond revocations or forfeitures; requests for changes in bond conditions; and other matters related to the terms or administration of bonds or bond conditions. 2. While Judges of the Municipal Court of the City of Austin, acting as magistrates under authority of Section 2.09 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, conduct initial magistration proceedings at the Central Booking Facility pursuant to Section 15.17 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure and report the results of such proceedings pursuant to Section 72.038 of the Texas Government Code, the Judges of the District and County Courts are better suited to adjudicate the post-magistration proceedings listed in Paragraph 1 of this Order. The District and County Court Judges have daily interaction with the prosecutor’s offices and defense counsel, which enable them to make well-considered judgements; have available facilities for recording of hearings; have familiarity with felony and misdemeanor Class A & B cases; have access to inmates both downtown and at the main jail facility in Del Valle by video or in person; and have supervision over the Pretrial Services Office. Moreover, both the prosecutors and defense counsel would have ready access to the court which would be the trial court upon indictment or information, thereby providing continuity of bond-related decisions and judicial oversight for the duration of the case. [File stamp: Filed in The District Court of Travis County, Texas, April 19, 2022 9:36 AM, Velva L. Price, District Clerk EM] 3. Based upon prior approval granted by the Hon. Billy Ray Stubblefield, Presiding Judge of the Third Administrative Judicial Region of Texas, it is therefore ORDERED by each of the undersigned Municipal Court Judges, acting as magistrates, that each criminal complaint subject to this Order that is magistrated by each such Judge at the Central Booking Facility is hereby transferred to the Travis County District or County Court to which the cause number for such complaint is assigned by the District and County Clerks of Travis County. Each such transfer shall be effective upon: (1) completion of all initial magistration duties by such Judge required under CCP Section 15.17 for such complaint, including admission to bail if eligible, commitment under CCP Section 16.20, and Early Identification of Defendants Suspected of Having Mental Illness or Intellectual Disability under CCP Section 16.22, as applicable; and (2) assignment of such complaint to a District or County Court. 4. The District and County Court Clerks are hereby ORDERED to assign all criminal complaints subject to this Order to the District and County Courts in accord with the Clerk’s normal assignment protocols upon completion of magistration proceedings at the Central Booking Facility by any of the undersigned Municipal Court Judges acting as a magistrate. 5. For purposes of adjudicating any of the proceedings listed in Paragraph 1, each of the undersigned District and County Court Judges hereby ACCEPTS the transfer of all complaints subject to this Order that are assigned to such Judge’s court by the District or County Clerk, and shall be responsible for any required reporting to the Public Safety Report System established in CCP Section 17.021 concerning proceedings listed in Paragraph 1. 6. Any District Court Judge, County Court Judge, or Municipal Court Judge acting as a magistrate who is not a signatory to this Order may become a signatory to this Order by executing a written order adopting this Order for such Judge and filing such adoption order with their Clerk, with copies to the other two Clerks. Such adoption shall become effective as of the date of filing with the District Court Clerk. 7. This Order is effective April 15, 2022 and applies to all pending and future criminal complaints described in Paragraph 1 as of that date. This Order may be executed in counterparts. JUDGES OF THE TRAVIS COUNTY DISTRICT COURTS [DocuSigned] JUDGE BRENDA P. KENNEDY, 403RD District Court [DocuSigned] JUDGE DAYNA BLAZEY, 167TH District Court [DocuSigned] JUDGE CHANTAL ELDRIDGE, 331ST District Court [DocuSigned] JUDGE TAMARA NEEDLES, 427TH District Court [DocuSigned] JUDGE SELENA ALVARENGA, 460TH District Court [DocuSigned] JUDGE CLIFFORD BROWN, 147th District Court [DocuSigned] JUDGE KAREN SAGE, 299TH District Court [DocuSigned] JUDGE JULIE KOCUREK, 390TH District Court [DocuSigned] JUDGE BRAD URRUTIA, 450TH District Court JUDGES OF THE TRAVIS COUNTY COURTS AT LAW [signature] JUDGE JOHN LIPSCOMBE, County Court #3 [DocuSigned] JUDGE NANCY HOHENGARTEN, County Court #5 [DocuSigned] JUDGE ELISABETH EARLE, County Court #7 [DocuSigned] JUDGE KIM WILLIAMS, County Court #9 [DocuSigned] JUDGE DIMPLE MALHOTRA, County Court #4 [DocuSigned] JUDGE BRANDY MUELLER, County Court #6 [DocuSigned] JUDGE CARLOS BARRERA, County Court #8 JUDGES OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN ACTING AS MAGISTRATES UNDER CCP SECTION 2.09 [The file holds seven counterparts of this signature page, each marked "Page 5 of 5" and listing the same twenty names; the first counterpart carries fourteen signatures and each of the other six carries one. Signatures across the counterparts:] [signature] MICHAEL COFFEY [signature] ALFRED JENKINS [signature] PATRICK McNELIS [signature] STEVEN VIGORITO [signature, on its own counterpart] BRIAN GUERRA [digital signature of "Olga Seelig", dated 2022.04.14, on its own counterpart] OLGA SELIG [signature] RYAN KELLUS TURNER [signature] STANLEY KERR [signature] KENNETH VITUCCI [signature] SHERRY STATMAN [signature] BARBARA GARCIA [signature] TANISA JEFFERS [signature, with handwritten date 4/14/22] GEORGE THOMAS [signature] FERDINAND CLERVI [digital signature of "Christyne E. Harris Schultz", dated 2022.04.14, on its own counterpart] CHRISTYNE HARRIS-SCHULTZ [digital signature of "Pamela Jackson Sigman", dated 2022.04.14, on its own counterpart; the certificate details printed beside it are not reproduced] PAMELA SIGMAN [signature] BELINDA HERERRA [digital signature of "Ronald S. Meyerson", dated 2022.04.14, on its own counterpart] RONALD MEYERSON [signature] JOHN YEAGER [digital signature of "Kelly Evans", dated 2022.04.14, on its own counterpart] KELLY EVANS [Footer: Page 1 of 5 through Page 4 of 5; each municipal counterpart is marked Page 5 of 5.]
DocuSign Envelope ID: 5434D2BA-20FF-44C8-BCE7-5E040CE0C29B [This envelope line heads pages 1 through 4.] D-1-GN-61-121012 C-1-CR-11-100054 § IN THE DISTRICT & COUNTY § § COURTS OF § § TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS JOINT STANDING ORDER CONCERNING CERTAIN MAGISTRATED COMPLAINTS 1. This Order applies to the following proceedings under felony criminal complaints and misdemeanor criminal complaints for which th
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-06 from the TOPICs custody scan (text layer read). County-wide criminal order; bound to Travis County (criminal). [TRANSCRIBED BY EYE 2026-09-21 (corpus-0920 P12): every page of the registered file (sha256 490cb0672bff..., 11 page(s), digital layer that failed the machine checks; text taken from the layer and corrected word by word from the page) read against the rendered file; verbatim, source typos kept, stamps/signatures bracketed; the earlier abstract replaced by the full instrument; confidence high. benchpath-tx-corpus0920-p12-2026-09-21]
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.