Eastern District of Texas Adjournment & Extension Requirements

Extensions for answering complaints or filing Rule 12(b) motions must be requested by motion.

Source text: (b) Counsel may, by motion, request that the deadline be extended for a defendant to answer the complaint or file a motion under FED. R. CIV. P. 12(b).

Extension requests cannot be made by application to the clerk.

Source text: (c) No requests for extensions of deadlines may be made by application to the clerk.

Notice must be filed within 3 days of learning of relevant determination

Source text: that party shall promptly provide notice of such relevant determination and identification of the related motion(s) by filing a formal notice with the Court within three (3) days.

Persons who tested positive for COVID-19 within 5 days are prohibited from entering the Courthouse.

Source text: Any person who has tested positive for COVID-19 within the prior five (5) days is prohibited from entering the Courthouse during the CDC recommended quarantine and isolation period.

Rule 16 management conference set for 50 days after order, no continuances without good cause.

Source text: The case is SET for a Rule 16 management conference on [insert date: 50 days after date of this Order], in Courtroom #2, Jack Brooks Federal Building, 300 Willow Street, Beaumont, Texas. Lead counsel for each party, with authority to bind their respective clients, and all unrepresented parties, shall be present. Continuance of the management conference will not be allowed absent a showing of good cause.

7-day response period for video deposition objections

Source text: All other parties will have seven calendar days to serve a response with any objections and requesting line and page numbers to be included in the video.

Extension motions must be filed early enough to allow opposing counsel time to respond before the deadline.

Source text: Motions for extending the discovery or motion deadline must be filed far enough in advance of the deadline to enable opposing counsel to respond before the deadline.

Certain circumstances do not justify continuances or discovery deadline failures.

Source text: The following will not warrant a continuance nor justify a failure to comply with the discovery deadline: (a) The fact that there are motions for summary judgment or motions to dismiss pending; (b) The fact that one or more of the attorneys is set for trial in another court on the same day, unless the other setting was made prior to the date of this order or was made as a special provision for the parties in the other case; (c) The failure to complete discovery prior to trial, unless the parties can demonstrate that it was impossible to complete discovery despite their good faith effort to do so.