Colorado County District Court, Texas Filing Timing and Cure Windows

CRITICAL

Challenges to expert witnesses must be filed 30 days before trial.

All challenges to expert witnesses shall be filed.

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Counsel must exchange anticipated fact, expert, and rebuttal witness lists 30 days before trial; unidentified witnesses may not testify absent good cause.

Counsel shall exchange their lists of fact and expert witnesses, including rebuttal witnesses that reasonably should be anticipated, that each intends to call at trial. Persons not so identified will not be allowed to testify unless good cause is shown.

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Counsel must exchange anticipated exhibit lists 30 days before trial; unlisted exhibits will not be admitted absent good cause.

Counsel shall exchange their lists of exhibits that each reasonably anticipates will be offered in evidence. Exhibits not timely listed will not be admitted unless good cause is shown .

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Summary judgment motions must be filed and heard at least 30 days before trial.

All motions for summary judgment shall be filed and heard at least 30 days before trial.

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A summary judgment motion may not be set within 30 days of the final trial setting.

Motion for summary judgment shall not be set within 30 days of a final trial setting.

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Counsel must exchange page and line references for case-in-chief deposition testimony 15 days before trial.

Counsel shall exchange page and line references for all deposition testimony to be offered in the case in chief.

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Counsel must exchange motions in limine 10 days before trial.

Counsel shall exchange motions in limine.

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Counsel must exchange cross-designations of deposition testimony page and line references one week before trial.

Counsel shall exchange cross-designations of page and line references of all deposition testimony to be used at trial.

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Deadline

24 hours

A party may request a setting only after filing the motion with the required certifications or by undertaking to file it immediately, no later than 24 hours after receiving setting dates.

A party shall not request a setting unless the party has filed the motion with the certifications required in Local Rule: Chapter 2 Subsection 2 or will file the motion immediately, but in no event later than 24 hours after obtaining the setting dates from the appropriate Court Administrator.

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Required pretrial forms and pleading amendments must be filed before 5:00 p.m. on the Monday two weeks before the week of the trial setting.

Each party shall file the required pre-trial forms and any amendment to pleadings before 5:00 p.m. on the Monday two weeks before the week of the trial setting.

CRITICAL

Draft orders approved as to form must be e-filed with the District Clerk for presentation to the deciding judge within ten days after the hearing or final trial.

Draft orders, approved as to form, shall be e-filed with the District Clerk for presentation to the judge who decided the matter within ten days after the hearing or final trial.

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All orders must be e-filed for submission to the Court within fourteen days of rendition, unless the Court directs otherwise.

All orders shall bee-filed for submission to the Court within fourteen (14) days from the date of rendition, unless otherwise directed by the Court.

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A motion to retain must state the factual and legal basis for retaining the case and be filed at least 14 days before the dismissal date in the notice.

Motions to retain shall set forth the factual and legal basis for retaining the case and shall be filed at least 14 days prior to the dismissal date specified in the notice of dismissal.

CRITICAL

An objection to a motion to retain must be filed at least 7 days before the dismissal date in the notice.

Any objection to a motion to retain shall be filed at least 7 days prior to the dismissal date specified in the notice of dismissal.

WARNING

After the deadline, amendments to pretrial forms or pleadings may be filed only by party agreement or with court leave, which will be granted unless the filing would surprise the opposing party.

Amendments to pre-trial forms and amendments to pleadings may be filed after the deadline above only by agreement of the parties or upon leave of the court, which leave will be granted unless there is a showing that the filing will operate as a surprise to the opposite party.

WARNING

The court shall sign judgments and orders within 14 days after submission unless a party requests a hearing on a motion to enter.

All judgments and orders shall be signed by the court within fourteen (14) days from the date they are submitted unless any party requests a hearing on a motion to enter.