Webb County District Courts Filing Rules

In a Level Three case, the parties may enter into a discovery control plan under Rule 190.4.

An opposing attorney must file and serve a request for a ruling on deposition objections and cross page-and-line designations at least three days before the final pretrial conference.

The court will rule on deposition objections and optional completeness requests at the final pretrial conference.

The motion must be set for a hearing, and withdrawal is not permitted unless and until the matter has been heard.

Exhibits must be presented for inspection at the final pre-trial conference, and an exhibit list must be provided to opposing counsel.

Discovery must be completed 30 days before trial.

The request for ruling and cross designations are due at least three days before the final pretrial conference.

An opposing attorney must file and serve a request for a ruling on deposition objections and cross-designations at least three days before the final pretrial conference.

The jury fee must be paid thirty days before trial.

Trial motions, jury questions, and jury instructions must be filed by the final pre-trial conference date.

The request for a ruling must be served at least three days before the final pretrial conference.

Counsel offering deposition testimony must serve the designations on the opposing party as well as file them.

A proferring counsel must file and serve line and page designations for deposition testimony that will be offered at trial at least 1 week before the final pretrial conference.

Electronic service of court documents is optional unless subsection (b) applies.

The notice of intent to use discovery affidavits under Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code §18.001 must be served on the opposing party by the affidavit deadline.

A non-moving lawyer who fails to provide alternate dates may not later seek to continue or reschedule the motion based on the previously known unavailability.

The Court will not consider a continuance motion on the scheduled trial date unless good cause is shown.

A trial setting may be passed only by settlement, an all-party written agreement or motion with court consent, or a timely continuance motion under the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure with court consent; such motions are heard on motion day or sooner if necessary.

parties may not to reset a trial setting prior notice is to the court or a motion for continuance is and the court approves either reset or continuance. A motion for continuance will not be timely ifit is filed Thursday the Monday ofjury without cause. A motion for continuance on a non-jury case must filed no less than four (4) prior to non-jury date.

A court hearing or jury trial setting may be passed upon written settlement notification, written agreement or continuance motion of all parties, or a timely continuance motion under the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, with the court’s consent.

An attorney must call the affected judges about conflicting settings as soon as they are known.

Walk-in hearings are allowed when they do not conflict with specified proceedings; attorneys must coordinate with the court coordinator by giving 24-hour notice, although the court may hear an uncontested matter immediately at its discretion.

Counsel must announce readiness for trial to the Court at the Pre-Trial setting; they may announce “ready” or “ready subject to” another Court engagement.

Attorneys with conflicting settings who expect to be late must notify the court coordinator and provide the listed conflict, contact, announcement, and appearance-time information as soon as the conflict becomes apparent.

to the fi motion, counsel for potential movant shall attempt to contact counsel the potential respondent to hold or ule a to resolve disputed matters.

No counsel for a party shall file, nor shall any clerk set for hearing, any motion unless accompanied with a “certificate of conference” signed by counsel for movant in one of the forms set out herein. Prior to the filing of a motion, counsel for the potential movant shall personally attempt to contact counsel for the potential respondent to hold or schedule a conference to resolve the disputed matters. Counsel for the potential movants shall make at least three attempts to contact counsel for the potential respondent. The attempts shall be made during regular business hours on at least two business days.

For an opposed motion, the movant must attempt to contact opposing counsel to arrange a discussion of disputed matters, and a certificate of conference in one of the stated forms must accompany the motion set for hearing.

Before filing a motion, counsel must personally attempt to confer with opposing counsel at least three times during regular business hours on at least two business days, and the motion must include a signed certificate of conference, subject to stated exceptions.

Electronically transmitted documents must be received on plain-paper facsimile and printed by laser; documents printed on thermal paper will not be filed.

Electronically transmitted documents are printed by the clerk on plain paper using a laser printer, and documents printed on thermal paper will not be filed.

Electronically filed documents must follow TexasOnline computer-formatting specifications and be formatted for printing on 8½-by-11-inch paper.

Each exhibit must be marked with the date and case number.

Electronic filing and electronic service of court documents are optional unless subsection (b) applies.

After filing an electronically transmitted document, the clerk will electronically send the sender an acknowledgment and any cost receipt.

The rules govern the clerk’s receipt and filing of electronically transmitted court documents.

A citation or writ bearing the court’s official seal must not be transmitted electronically.

A convenience fee charged for electronic filing is additional to regular filing fees, and a District Clerk’s convenience fee is a court cost.

The jury fee must be paid for a case to be set on the jury docket.

The clerk will not accept an electronically transmitted document for filing until court costs and fees are paid; payment may be made by Mastercard or through an escrow account.

Electronically transmitted documents are not accepted for filing until the required costs and fees are paid, by Mastercard, Visa, or an established escrow account.

Personal information, account numbers, and similar information may be redacted from financial information filed with the court.

Financial information filed with the court may have personal information, account numbers, and similar information redacted.

Personal information, account numbers, and similar information may be redacted from financial information filed with the court.

The Court requests that attorneys bring courtesy copies of filed pleadings; no number or delivery method is specified.

A filer may include only one document in an electronic transmission to TexasOnline, but may include another document as an attachment.