Harris County District Courts Courtesy Copy Requirements

Hard copies of the exhibit list and exhibits must be delivered to the Judge and court reporter 2 business days before proceedings, and multi-page exhibits must be stapled or bound.

A hard copy of the exhibit list and a hard copy of the exhibits should be delivered to Judge C. Elliott Thornton and the court reporter 2 business days prior to the court proceedings. Exhibits with multiple pages should be stapled, bound and/or assembled so that they may be accurately preserved.

Required

Always

The Court does not accept paper or e-mailed courtesy copies; parties should e-file and call the Court to flag the document, bringing a paper copy only if a courtesy copy is truly necessary.

The Court no longer accepts paper courtesy copies or e-mails of courtesy copies. 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. If a courtesy copy is necessary, please bring a paper copy.

Courtesy copies of motions, responses, or exhibits should not be submitted to the Court.

In an effort to reduce paper usage, please do not submit courtesy copies of any motion or response. Also, the Court does not need copies of exhibits.

Send a courtesy copy of the emergency motion directly to the Clerk for the judge's review.

Please send a courtesy copy directly to the Clerk who will then give it to the judge to review and set an expedited hearing or provide further guidance to the parties, as appropriate.