Potter County District Courts Filing Rules

All pleadings and motions filed by counsel or self-represented parties must comply with the AI standing order and include the required AI certification.

A motion to substitute attorneys requires a hearing unless it complies with Rule 10 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure and includes the specified consent, service certificate, substituting-attorney information, and certification.

A setting request cannot precede the triggering motion and must include an estimate of the total hearing time for all matters and participants.

Counsel must notify the opposing party or counsel and provide a copy of a TRO or other ex parte application and proposed order at least two hours before presentation to the court, subject to the stated exceptions.

Formal pleadings, answers, motions, and similar papers must be filed with the clerk and mailed to the opposing attorney or unrepresented opposing party.

Defendants may receive their docket by email if they provide the court with a reliable email address.

Defendants must call and check in between 8:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. on the first Friday of every month; the court will not contact them if they fail to do so.

An attorney must promptly call the affected judges' attention to all known dual settings.

All hearing settings must be scheduled through the Court Administrator by email, including settings included in a judge-signed order.

A continuance motion based on conflicting court settings must be filed in every affected court and identify all conflicting settings.

Oral continuance requests are highly disfavored, and reset requests should be submitted in writing at least 48 hours before the hearing, or as soon as practical when that is necessary.

Continuance or reset requests should be submitted in writing at least 48 hours before a hearing or as soon as practical; written verified motions are preferred, opposition or agreement should be stated, and a contested motion requires a hearing.

An opposing party has 20 days after receiving a setting request to file a written objection, and the requesting party may respond within 10 days.

An objection to a motion to retain must be filed at least 7 days before the dismissal date stated in the notice of dismissal.

A motion to retain must state the factual and legal basis for retaining the case and be filed at least 14 days before the dismissal date specified in the notice.

Counsel must attempt to coordinate a hearing setting with opposing counsel before requesting the setting.

Thumb drives or CDs containing audio or video recordings must be no larger than 2 GB.