Hartley County District Court, Texas Adjournment & Extension Requirements

CRITICAL

A request to pass, postpone, or reset a trial, pretrial, or other hearing will not be considered without a hearing unless all attorneys and self-represented litigants consent, or nonjoining parties receive notice and an opportunity to object.

No request to pass, postpone, or reset any trial, pretrial, or other hearing shall be considered by the Court without a hearing unless all attorneys and self-represented litigants consent, or unless all parties not joining in such request have been notified and have had an opportunity to object.

CRITICAL

A motion under the applicable civil or criminal procedure rules must be filed for a request to pass, postpone, or reset a trial, pretrial conference, or hearing unless all attorneys and self-represented litigants consent in writing and the Court approves the request.

Unless all attorneys and self-represented litigants consent in writing to the request to pass, postpone, or reset any trial, pretrial conference, or hearing and the request is approved by the Court, a motion must be filed pursuant to Rule 251, et seq., of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, or Article 29.01, et seq., of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, as applicable.

CRITICAL

Proof must be provided when a continuance is sought because of a litigant’s, but not an attorney’s, hospitalization, automobile or other accident, or conflicting setting in another court.

If a continuance is sought because of a litigant's (but not an attorney's) hospitalization, automobile accident or other accident, or conflicting setting in another court, proof of such event must be provided.

CRITICAL

A criminal case may not be continued beyond three settings unless good cause is shown in a filed motion for continuance and both the state and defense agree on a date certain for a docket setting.

A criminal case may not be continued for more than three settings unless good cause is shown in a Motion for Continuance filed with the Court and unless both the state and the defense agree on a date certain for a docket setting.

WARNING

The Court may, in its sole discretion, require litigants requesting a continuance to appear by Zoom before granting it.

In the Court's sole discretion, litigants requesting a continuance may be required to appear by Zoom before a continuance is granted.

WARNING

After three continuances, a conflicting court setting, counsel’s failure to be paid, or insufficient time to review discovery is not good cause, unless discovery was only recently provided.

After a criminal case has been continued for three settings, "good cause" shall not include a conflicting setting in another court, a failure of defense counsel to be paid, or insufficient time for defense counsel to review discovery (unless discovery has been only recently provided).