El Paso County Courts at Law Filing Rules

Every paper filed by a self-represented party must contain that party’s current address, email address, and phone number.

The parties may schedule hearings by conference call with the court coordinator.

Self-represented litigants must provide all other parties or attorneys copies of every paper they file.

A party must file an objection to the associate judge hearing a trial on the merits or presiding at a jury trial no later than the 10th day after receiving notice that the associate judge will hear the trial.

A motion for continuance must be written and sworn to by someone with personal knowledge of the facts relied on.

A request to cancel a court setting must be in writing unless the court expressly excuses that requirement, may be made only with all parties’ concurrence, and must state that concurrence in the cancellation notice.

A party requesting a written order must provide the court with a copy of the supporting pleading and a proposed order, using hand delivery or email as the court prefers.

Before filing a discovery motion, the parties are expected to comply with Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 191.2.

People involved in crafting an adjudicatory opinion or decision must keep non-public judicial work product confidential under supreme court rules.

An attorney for a represented party must designate at least one email address in the Texas E-File system’s Service Contacts tab upon the party’s first filing.

The jury fee must be paid before a jury-trial-setting request may be made.