Gregg County Court at Law Pre-Motion Conference Requirements

CRITICAL

When a party files a motion under Tex.R.Civ.P. 190.4(a) for a tailored discovery control plan, the Court will set and notify the parties of a Management Conference, which all pro se parties and counsel must attend.

In any case in which a party files a motion pursuant to Tex.R.Civ.P., 190.4(a), seeking that discovery be conducted in accordance with a discovery control plan tailored to the circumstances of that specific case, the Court will set a Management Conference. The Court will notify all parties of the date, time and location, of the Management Conference. All pro-se parties and counsel for parties are required to attend the Management Conference.

WARNING

The parties are urged to confer and prepare an agreed Litigation Control Order, which may be presented before or at the Management Conference; presenting it beforehand does not excuse attendance, though the Court will consider a request to cancel the conference.

The parties are urged to confer prior to a Management Conference and attempt to create an Agreed Litigation Control Order that is tailored to the circumstances of that case. If an Agreed Litigation Control Order is created by the parties, it may be presented to the Court at the Management Conference or prior thereto, for the Court's consideration. Creating and presenting an Agreed Litigation Control Order to the Court prior to the Management Conference does not relieve the parties from their obligation to attend the Management Conference. However, if an Agreed Litigation Control Order is presented to the Court prior to the Management Conference, the Court will consider a request by the parties to cancel the Management Conference.

INFO

Parties should be prepared to discuss issues relevant to a case-specific Litigation Control Order at the Management Conference.

The purpose of the Management Conference is to create a Litigation Control Order tailored to the circumstances of that case. At the Management Conference, the Court and the parties will discuss issues relevant to achieving that end. The parties should be prepared to discuss issues relevant to creating a Litigation Control Order tailored to the circumstances of that specific case. At the conclusion of the Management Conference the Court will enter a Litigation Control Order governing the case.