Navarro County Court at Law Filing Timing and Cure Windows

WARNING

Covered attorneys may designate no more than four weeks of vacation per calendar year; the rule applies when lead counsel is affected unless the Court expands it to other counsel.

Attorneys with any cause pending before the Court, and any attorney on the Court's list of potential Court-appointed counsel may not designate more than four weeks during any calendar year as vacation. Written notice of any vacations must be filed with the Clerk with a copy to all applicable court coordinators no less than thirty (30) calendar days in advance of the vacation. This Rule operates only where lead counsel, as defined by Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 8, is affected, unless the Court expands coverage of this Rule to other counsel.

CRITICAL

Deadline

30 calendar days

Parties intending to conduct Level 3 discovery must submit a proposed discovery control plan within 30 calendar days after filing their first petition, indictment, plea, or answer.

All parties intending to conduct discovery under Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 190.4 (Level 3 discovery control plans) shall submit a proposed discovery control plan to the Court no later than thirty (30) calendar days after filing their first petition, indictment, plea, or answer.

CRITICAL

Covered Court Appointed Attorney requests must be forwarded within the statutory timelines in the indigent defense plans for adults and juveniles.

Any Magistrate who receives a request for a Court Appointed Attorney, anyone in the jail who receives a request for a Court Appointed Attorney, any request for any Court Appointed Attorney on any juvenile matter, any request for a Court Appointed Attorney for CPS and/or Empower, as well as any requests received by the Indigent Defense Coordinator for Court Appointed Attorney shall forward such requests to the Indigent Defense Coordinator Rosa Ella Mittnacht (rmittnacht@navarrocounty.org) within the statutory timelines in the indigent defense plans for adults and juveniles.

CRITICAL

If the offering party is not present in court, physical evidence that cannot be digitized must be tendered to the court no later than three days after the remote proceeding.

Physical evidence which cannot be rendered in digital fom1 shall be tendered to the court no later than 3 days after the remote proceeding if the party offering the evidence is not present in the court when it is offered.

WARNING

Deadline

90 calendar days

After discovery closes, a civil case with no trial setting, continuances, or other activity for 90 calendar days may be placed on the dismissal docket at the judge’s discretion.

After the date for the close of discovery in a civil cause has passed, the cause may be placed on the dismissal docket for lack of prosecution at the judge's discretion if there is no trial set, no continuances have been filed, and there has been no other activity on the cause for the past ninety (90) calendar days.