Cameron County District Courts Adjournment & Extension Requirements

Counsel’s other engagements do not justify postponing a specially set case unless good cause is shown by motion and notice filed more than ten days before trial.

Other engagements of counsel shall not be grounds for postponement of a case specially set, unless good cause is shown on motion and notice filed more than ten days before the date set for trial.

A specially set case may be postponed only if good cause is shown by a motion and notice filed more than ten days before trial.

counsel shall not be grounds for postponement of a case specially set, unless good cause is shown on motion and notice filed more than ten days before the date set for trial. No more than one case shall be specially set in any court in any particular week.

A party may contest receipt, and the court may extend time or grant other relief if it finds the document, notice, or instrument was not received.

Nothing herein shall preclude any party from offering proof that the document, notice, or instrument was not received, and upon so finding, the court may extend the time for taking the action required of such party or grant such other relief as it deems just.

A court may permit a document to exceed its prescribed length limit upon a motion.

(4) Extensions. A court may, on motion, permit a document that exceeds the prescribed limit.