Pre-Trial Guideline Order — 49th Judicial District Court… — Zapata County, TX · BenchPath

Pre-Trial Guideline Order — 49th Judicial District Court, Zapata County (Judge Jose A. Lopez; the court's civil scheduling-order form)

High confidence· verified September 7, 2026Case ManagementPre-Trial Guideline Order, 49th Judicial District Court, Zapata County, Texas, Judge Jose A. Lopez (per-case form order; undated) — posted by Zapata County (www.co.zapata.tx.us, 49th District Court page) as "Pre-Trial Guideline Order".

Summary

The 49th District Court's pre-trial guideline order for civil cases in Zapata County: discovery level, a jury or trial date at 8:30 a.m. and a final pre-trial conference at 1:30 p.m. in the 49th District Court of Zapata, by which motions in limine, jury questions and instructions, exhibit and witness lists and a prepared charge must be filed (by 5:00 p.m. on the pre-trial date, or they will not be considered); deadlines for amended pleadings, expert designations under Rules 194 and 195, discovery cut-off 30 days before trial (up to trial in divorces), ADR and interpreter needs, Robinson motions at least 60 days before trial and summary-judgment motions at least 45 days before pre-trial; Level Three parties may adopt a Rule 190.4 discovery control plan and request pre-trial conferences no later than 90 days before trial.

Applies to

Applies to civil and family cases in the 49th District Court sitting in Zapata County (Judge Jose A. Lopez), where the order is entered as the case's scheduling order (Webb County's Local Rule 3.32 practice, applied by the 49th in Zapata); posted by Zapata County on its 49th District Court page with the court's Zapata trial calendars. Procedural information only; not legal advice.

Source of truth

Pre-Trial Guideline Order — 49th Judicial District Court, Zapata County, Texas. ___ VS. ___. Cause No. ___. Level One: ___ Level Two: ___ Level Three: ___. Jury Trial/Trial Date: ___ at 8:30 a.m. in the 49th District Court of Zapata, Zapata County, Texas. Estimated time/duration of trial: ___. Final Pre-Trial Conference Date: ___ at 1:30 p.m. in the 49th District Court of Zapata, Zapata County, Te

Official source: Zapata County Courts — www.co.zapata.tx.us (county website; 49th District Court page) with the 49th District Court's Zapata forms posted in Webb County's Download Center (www.webbcountytx.gov)
Source health: Healthy · checked October 7, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: September 7, 2026benchpath-tx-ajr4-zapata-ownsite-2026-09-07

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-07 from BenchPath's own-site custody copy (two image-only pages read in full through the vision lane). The instrument is the court's form order in Judge Jose A. Lopez's name, so it is court- and judge-joined; the signature date is a per-case blank, so no effective date is asserted. "Rules 166 and 194.0" is the instrument's wording (the Webb Appendix A form reads 166 and 190.4).