Kerr County District Courts Pre-Motion Conference Requirements

CRITICAL

Before filing any motion, counsel must confer with opposing counsel and attempt to resolve the matter.

In addition to any local or other rules concerning motions, no motion may be filed without first conferring with opposing counsel and attempting to resolve the matter and including a certificate of conference on the motion which indicates the fact of the conference and the result thereof.

CRITICAL

Only bona fide discovery motions may be filed, and the Court will not consider motions that merely repeat local rules or this order.

ONLY A BONAFIDE MOTION FOR DISCOVERY MAY BE FILED. THE COURT WILL NOT CONSIDER MOTIONS WHICH ARE MERELY REPETITIVE OF LOCAL RULES OR OF THIS ORDER.

CRITICAL

A discovery motion may be filed only after the Defense has obtained discovery and believes something remains outstanding, or the State has failed to provide discovery under CCP 39.14.

The District Attorney's office has an open-file policy, and a Discovery Motion may be filed only after the Defense has obtained discovery from the State and believes that there is something not yet received or if the State has failed to furnish discovery to the Defense pursuant to CCP 39.14.

CRITICAL

Before filing any motion, counsel must confer with opposing counsel and attempt to resolve the matter, and the motion must include a certificate stating that a conference occurred and its result.

In addition to any local or other rules concerning motions, no motion may be filed without first conferring with opposing counsel and attempting to resolve the matter and including a certificate of conference on the motion which indicates the fact of the conference and the result thereof.

CRITICAL

Only bona fide discovery motions may be filed, and the Court will not consider motions that merely repeat local rules or this order.

ONLY A BONAFIDE MOTION FOR DISCOVERY MAY BE FILED. THE COURT WILL NOT CONSIDER MOTIONS WHICH ARE MERELY REPETITIVE OF LOCAL RULES OR OF THIS ORDER.

CRITICAL

A discovery motion may be filed only after the Defense has obtained discovery and believes something remains undisclosed, or the State has failed to provide discovery under CCP 39.14.

The District Attorney's office has an open-file policy, and a Discovery Motion may be filed only after the Defense has obtained discovery from the State and believes that there is something not yet received or if the State has failed to furnish discovery to the Defense pursuant to CCP 39.14.

WARNING

Defense counsel may file a discovery motion in good faith for items not addressed by the local rule and not covered by this order.

Should there be items to which the local rule is not responsive and for which the Defense needs to ascertain discovery, a motion may be filed when Defense counsel believes in good faith that such matter is not covered by this order.