Northern District of Texas Adjournment & Extension Requirements
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Requirements for requesting adjournments, extensions, and continuances.
CRITICAL
Extension/continuance requests must be submitted by written motion after conference with opposing counsel.
All requests for extensions of time and continuances must be submitted by written motion to the Court after a conference with opposing counsel. Please do not call the Court to ask for an extension or continuance. The parties must file requests for extensions of time as motions, rather than as stipulations.
CRITICAL
Non-evidentiary hearings limited to 45 minutes per side; evidentiary hearings to 75 minutes per side.
Should the Court permit a hearing on a motion: (i) for a non-evidentiary hearing, the Court permits a maximum of 45 minutes for each side (not each party); (ii) for an evidentiary hearing, the Court permits a maximum of 75 minutes for each side (not each party).
INFO
Federal Rule 12(a) time limits for answers and motions remain in effect.
Federal Rule 12(a) prescribes time limits for the filing of an Answer and for the filing of motions under Federal Rule 12. The requirements of this Standing Order should not preclude or interfere with these time limits.
How do I request an adjournment or extension in Northern District of Texas?
Judge Ada Brown: Extension/continuance requests must be submitted by written motion after conference with opposing counsel.
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