Harris County District Courts Chambers Communication Rules

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For a non-electronically filed motion, a self-represented litigant should contact the Court Clerk to schedule a hearing.

For non-electronically filed motions by self-represented litigants, the party should contact the Court Clerk to schedule a hearing.

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Phone to clerk

Telephonic appearances require advance special permission from the Court; request must be made to the Court Clerk with specific reasons.

Telephonic appearances on contested matters are strongly discouraged. You may only appear by telephone upon receiving special permission from the Court in advance of the hearing. Please contact our Court Clerk with your request and state the reasons, with specificity, as to why you need to appear by telephone.

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For Zoom hearings, video must be on to be recognized as a participant.

Also, if your hearing is scheduled as a Zoom hearing, you must have your video on to be recognized as a participant.

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Email

Proposed jury charges should also be emailed directly to Raven Hubbard (email), the Trial Coordinator.

Proposed jury charges should also be emailed directly to Raven Hubbard (email), the Trial Coordinator.

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Contact

Phone to clerk

When both sides agree to an emergency hearing, call the Clerk to be placed on the next oral hearing docket or to set up a phone conference.

If both sides agree to an emergency/expedited hearing, call the Clerk to be put on the next oral hearing docket or to set up a phone conference with the Court.

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A party needing more than an hour for the pre-trial conference must schedule a separate pre-trial conference by contacting the Court Coordinator at the time of trial assignment.

Should a party anticipated needing more than hour for pre-trial conference, they must schedule a separate pre-trial conference with the Court by reaching out to the Court Coordinator and request a separate pre-trial conference at the time they are assigned for trial.

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Phone

(832) 927-1825

Hearings requiring more than 15 minutes will be held in person; contact Simone Mills to schedule.

Any hearings that requires more than 15 minutes will be held in person. The 334th will hold in-person law day dockets for hearings requiring more than 15 minutes. Please contact Simone Mills at (832) 927-1825 or email her at simone.mills@hcdistrictclerk.com to schedule an in-person hearing.

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Please contact the clerk and provide a rough time estimate for your hearing.

Please contact the clerk and provide a rough time estimate for your hearing.

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Counsel requesting an oral hearing on a sanctions motion must contact the clerk with a rough time estimate.

If requesting an oral hearing on your motion for sanctions, please contact the clerk and provide a rough time estimate for the hearing.

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Phone to clerk

If time is short and e-filing is impractical, contact the Court Clerk for instructions.

If time is short and e-filing is impractical, please contact the Court Clerk for further instructions.

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Parties should bring discovery, witness, or other trial-preparation problems to the Court’s attention as early as possible.

Likewise, the parties should proactively bring discovery, witness or other problems to the court’s attention as early as possible so that the court may attempt to provide guidance to the litigants to enable them to efficiently proceed to trial.

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Phone to clerk

Please call the Court Clerk before your scheduled hearing to confirm the hearing.

Please call the Court Clerk before your scheduled hearing to confirm the hearing.

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Email

If running late for a hearing, email the court’s listed “late” address and copy all counsel or self-represented litigants.

If you are running late for a hearing, email the “late” email address listed on the court’s website with a copy to all counsel or self-represented litigants.

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For a self-represented litigant’s non-electronically filed motion, the party should contact the Court Clerk to schedule a hearing.

For non-electronically filed motions by self-represented litigants, the party should contact the Court Clerk to schedule a hearing.

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Use “Signing Box” in the online scheduling system to alert the court that an order is ready for signing.

Select “Signing Box” in the online scheduling system to call the court’s attention to orders that are ready for signing.

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For a motion that a self-represented litigant did not file electronically, the party should contact the Court Clerk to schedule a hearing.

For non-electronically filed motions by self-represented litigants, the party should contact the Court Clerk to schedule a hearing.

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Parties should not bring witnesses to court without checking with the court clerk.

Parties should not bring witnesses to court without checking with the court clerk.

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If the parties would like to use a jury questionnaire please inform the Court at the docket call, or at a status conference prior to the day of trial.

If the parties would like to use a jury questionnaire please inform the Court at the docket call, or at a status conference prior to the day of trial.

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Contact

Phone to clerk

Phone

832-927-2550

Parties must contact court clerk Jimmy Rodriguez by phone or email to schedule a video conference and receive the conference link.

Parties are instructed to contact the court clerk Jimmy Rodriguez; 832-927-2550 (jimmy.rodriguez@hcdistrictclerk.com) to schedule a video conference and to be provided a link to the conference website.

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Contact the clerk to schedule a hearing date and time; failure to send notice will result in the hearing being passed.

Please contact the clerk for a date and time. Failure to send notice will result in the passing of the hearing.

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Phone to clerk

Agreed emergency/expedited hearings are arranged by calling the clerk for a phone conference with the judge or a hearing.

If both sides agree to an emergency/expedited hearing, call the Clerk and set up a phone conference with the judge or an oral hearing.

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Phone to clerk

For temporary injunctions, call the Clerk before the scheduled hearing so scheduling can be confirmed; do not bring witnesses until you have spoken with the Clerk.

Temporary injunctions are set on Friday at 8:30 a.m. Please call the Clerk before the scheduled hearing. It is imperative that we know whether or not you are ready to proceed with the hearing and how long the hearing will take. We may need to reschedule your hearing and extend the TRO until a convenient time for the Court. Do not bring your witnesses to Court until you have spoken to the Clerk.

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Pro se litigants must keep the court and clerk informed of their current mailing address and telephone number.

It is your responsibility to provide the Court with a current and reliable mailing address and telephone number. Once you file your pleadings in the case, the clerk will notify you by mail of hearings and / or motions. If you move, you must provide your new address and telephone number to the clerk and the court. If you move and you do not get your mail, you may permanently lose important rights.

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Phone to clerk

Unless it is impractical to do so, all motions involving self-represented individuals should be set for oral hearing with proper notice to all parties. Please contact the Clerk for an assignment of date and time.

Unless it is impractical to do so, all motions involving self-represented individuals should be set for oral hearing with proper notice to all parties. Please contact the Clerk for an assignment of date and time.

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Contact

Email

Anyone running late for a hearing must email the court’s listed “late” address and copy all counsel or self-represented litigants.

If you are running late for a hearing, email the “late” email address listed on the court’s website with a copy to all counsel or self-represented litigants.

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Contact

Phone to clerk

If both sides agree to an emergency hearing, counsel must call the Clerk to request a phone conference or oral hearing with the judge.

If both sides agree to an emergency hearing, please call the Clerk and request a phone conference or an oral hearing with the judge.

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Telephonic appearances in contested matters are strongly discouraged.

Telephonic appearances in contested matters are strongly discouraged.

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Hearings, trials, and properly noticed conferences are official proceedings for substantive communications.

This includes hearings, trials, and properly noticed conferences.

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Email to clerk

The Court may require longer or more complex proposed orders to be emailed to the Clerk in Word format.

In some instances, the Court may require that longer or more complex proposed orders be emailed to the Clerk in Word format.

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Phone

To call a filing to the Court's attention, file it electronically and then call the Court to ask it to review the document in its electronic file system.

Instead, if a party wishes to bring a particular filing to the Court's attention, the party may (1) file the document electronically with the clerk's office as it normally does and then (2) call the Court to bring the document to the Court's attention, and ask the Court to view and consider the document that is already in the Court's electronic file system.

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Notify the court reporter one week before a hearing or trial if a daily copy is required.

Please advise the court reporter a week before a hearing or trial if a daily copy is required.

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A party planning to use a jury questionnaire should notify the court coordinator 30 days before trial.

If you are going to use a jury questionnaire, let the court coordinator know 30 days before trial.

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If a party needs more than 40 jurors, it should notify the Trial Coordinator at trial Docket Call.

If you need a panel of more than 40 jurors, please let the Trial Coordinator know at trial docket call.

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Phone to clerk

If both sides agree to an emergency hearing, call the court clerk to set up a conference by phone or in person with Judge Aston.

If both sides agree to an emergency hearing, call the court clerk to set up a conference, by phone, or in person with Judge Aston.

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Contact

Phone to clerk

Phone

832-927-2680

Unopposed or non-agreed motions are set on the Monday oral hearing docket; call the clerk at 832-927-2680 to set a hearing and do not request a hearing within the motion itself.

All motions that are unopposed or not agreed to are set on the Court's Monday oral hearing docket. Please call the clerk at 832-927-2680 to set a hearing. Please do not request a hearing in your motion.

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Email to clerk

If both sides agree to an emergency hearing, email the court clerk and request a phone conference with the judge.

If both sides agree to an emergency/expedited hearing, email the court clerk and request a phone conference with the judge.

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Contact the court coordinator to schedule technical testing.

Prior to appearance for technical testing, please contact the Court Coordinator to confer and agree on a day and time.

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Email to chambers

Email the Court Coordinator copies of the Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law and Proposed Final Judgment in Word format before trial.

Please email the Court Coordinator a copy of The Findings of Facts and Conclusions of Law and a Proposed Final Judgment in Word format prior to trial.

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Notify the court reporter a month in advance if a daily transcript is needed.

If a daily transcript of trial proceedings will be necessary, please notify the Court Reporter, Amanda King, with a month's advance notice.

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Contact

Phone to clerk

Phone

832-927-2325

Hearings on opposed matters may be scheduled by contacting clerk Dee Mosley or online via the District Clerk's eHearing system.

You may schedule a hearing on an opposed matter by contacting the court's clerk Dee Mosley: 832-927-2325 deandra.mosley@hcdistrictclerk.com or online by logging in to the District Clerk's website and following the eHearing instructions: eHearing Instructions.

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Phone to clerk

Emergency rulings during depositions may be requested by calling the Court Coordinator; parties must first take reasonable action to avoid the need, and bad-faith requests may incur sanctions.

Parties may request an emergency ruling during a deposition by calling the Court Coordinator. Attempts will be made to schedule a time for an emergency hearing as soon as possible. Prior to contacting the Court, all parties are expected to all take action reasonably required to avoid the necessity of such a hearing. If the Court determines that such a request is made in bad faith or for purposes of delay, sanctions may be imposed.

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Temporary injunction hearings are generally Mondays at 1:30 p.m.; parties must contact the Court Clerk before the hearing to confirm service, readiness, duration, and witness count.

Temporary Injunctions are generally set on Mondays at 1:30 p.m. Please contact the Court Clerk before your hearing date to confirm that all necessary parties have been served, that you are ready to proceed, how long your hearing will take, and how many witnesses will be called.

WARNINGCivil cases

Contact

Phone to clerk

Telephonic appearances on contested matters require advance special permission from the Court, requested through the Court Clerk with specific reasons.

Telephonic appearances on contested matters are strongly discouraged. You may only appear by telephone upon receiving special permission from the Court in advance of the hearing. Please contact our Court Clerk with your request and state the reasons, with specificity, as to why you need to appear by telephone.

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Motions requiring extra time or evidence presentation must be flagged to the Court Clerk for an off-docket setting.

Parties filing motions that will require extra time, or the presentation of evidence, must alert the Court Clerk of this fact and request an off-docket setting.

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Phone to clerk

Please call the court clerks to reschedule your hearings.

Please call the court clerks to reschedule your hearings.