Judge Daniella DeSeta Lyttle
Judge • Travis County Civil District Courts
Court-wide rules
Applies court-wideTravis County Civil District Courts publishes its filing requirements at the court level rather than per judge, so these 302 rules are what govern this courtroom.
Filing Requirements
All 139- Applies to
- Chapter 10 case
Chapter 10 (administrative agency review) cases are excluded from referral to mediation under Chapter 13.
- Applies to
- Notice of hearing
Notices of hearings and trials must not direct parties to the court in the case style; if specially set under Local Rules 2.6 or 10.2 the notice must list that court, otherwise it must direct parties to the Civil and Family Courts Facility and/or the court designated in the posted docket schedule.
- Applies to
- Motion
- Must include
- certificate of conference
Before seeking a setting, parties must confer about the date, time, and format of the hearing, and every motion must include a certification of that conferral.
Service
All 38- Applies to
- Notice of setting
- Service
- Other to all parties
The court does not send setting notices; the party obtaining the setting must notify all parties of the time, date, and total hearing time as required by the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure and Local Rule 1.4.
- Service
- Other to all parties
The party requesting a hearing setting (in a case involving an incarcerated party) must give notice of the setting to all other parties.
- Service
- Other
Continuance movants must still deliver a copy of the motion and give notice of the hearing in the manner and within the time provided by the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.
Communication
All 30- Contact
- Email to chambers
Documents intended for a judge that are delivered by email must be sent to the judge's submission email address or the judge's staff, not to the judge directly.
- Contact
- Phone to clerk
Questions about case assignments or the location of hearings or trials in non-specially-assigned cases must be directed to the Court Administrator, not to a particular court.
- Contact
- Email to chambers
Requests for assignment of a case to a particular judge may be submitted by email to LocalAdministrativeJudge@traviscountytx.gov.
Filing Timing
All 28- Deadline
- 24 hours
A party may not request a setting unless the motion with required certifications is already filed or is filed no later than 24 hours after obtaining the setting.
Settings will not be accepted after the Friday preceding the announcement period, except by agreement of all parties or where a statute requires a hearing prior to the next available setting week.
- Deadline
- 30 calendar days
In cases involving an incarcerated party, the party wishing to set a hearing must communicate with the Court Administrator at least 30 days before the proposed hearing date, unless leave of court is granted for good cause.
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