Harris County District Courts Filing Bundling Requirements
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Whether to bundle related filings together or file them promptly as completed. This page is scoped to Harris County District Courts; use the court rules overview to switch categories without leaving this court.
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Civil cases
All motions/responses/replies must be filed in a stand-alone document. All exhibits, proposed orders, and other attachments should also be in their own documents. However, they may all be filed in the same envelope with the motion/response/reply as the lead document.
Summary: Motions, responses, replies, exhibits, and proposed orders must each be filed as stand-alone documents, though they may be filed in the same envelope.
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Civil cases
This court requires the parties to actually exchange proposed jury charges, motions in limine, exhibit lists, actual exhibits, party/attorney lists, witness lists, and deposition excerpts BEFORE the docket call, which is usually conducted by the coordinator via email the Friday that is 10 days before the beginning of the two-week trial docket.
Summary: Before docket call, parties must exchange proposed jury charges, motions in limine, exhibit lists and exhibits, party/attorney and witness lists, and deposition excerpts.
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Civil cases
Do not split your documents in different envelopes.
Summary: Do not split your documents into separate envelopes when filing.
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Civil cases
All pleading, motions, responses, etc., must be separated with the filing as follows: motion and response/reply, each individual exhibit, proposed order, notice of hearing and/or submission.
Summary: Each pleading, motion, response, exhibit, proposed order, and notice must be filed as a separate document.
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Civil cases
All motions should have their own proposed order (Please do not combine multiple motions into one order).
Summary: Each motion must have its own proposed order; multiple motions should not be combined into one order.
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Civil cases
Eliminate duplicate exhibits, if possible, by agreement.
Summary: Parties should eliminate duplicate exhibits by agreement where possible.
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Civil cases
Please eliminate duplicate exhibits if possible by agreement.
Summary: The parties are asked to eliminate duplicate exhibits by agreement when possible.
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Civil cases
Then work with opposing counsel or pro se parties to narrow those issues by agreement.
Summary: The parties are asked to work with opposing counsel or self-represented parties to narrow motion-in-limine issues by agreement.
Does Harris County District Courts require motion papers to be bundled?
Yes. Judge Erica R. Hughes requires bundling for covered papers. Before docket call, parties must exchange proposed jury charges, motions in limine, exhibit lists and exhibits, party/attorney and witness lists, and deposition excerpts. Machine summary, not yet verified; check the linked order.
Judge Donna Roth: No. The rule prohibits holding covered papers for bundling. Motions, responses, replies, exhibits, and proposed orders must each be filed as stand-alone documents, though they may be filed in the same envelope. Machine summary, not yet verified; check the linked order.
Yes. Judge Tamika Craft-Demming requires bundling for covered papers. Do not split your documents into separate envelopes when filing. Machine summary, not yet verified; check the linked order.
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