Midland County District Courts Filing Rules

Exhibits reasonably anticipated for use at a trial, pretrial conference, or hearing must be pre-marked with the party designation, sequential numbers, and proceeding date.

An expert challenge must specifically state the reason for challenging the expert.

Before trial, provide the Court Reporter with a list of the numbered exhibits.

Before trial, a list of numbered exhibits must be provided to the court reporter.

Before trial, a list of numbered exhibits must be provided to the Court Reporter.

Responsive amended pleadings may be filed within two weeks after the pleading they respond to, notwithstanding the ordinary amended-pleadings deadline.

Responsive amended pleadings may be filed up to two weeks after the timely pleading to which they respond, even if after the general amended-pleadings deadline.

Counsel must reduce a judgment, decree, or order to writing, obtain opposing counsel's approval as to form, and deliver it to the court for signing within 30 days after the triggering event.

An objection or motion to exclude or limit expert testimony based on qualification or reliability must be filed within seven days after expert discovery closes or it is waived.

All amendments must be filed by this date.

Before trial, email the Court Coordinator the proposed or suggested jury charge in Word format.

A copy of an attorney's vacation or continuing-education designation letter must be emailed to the Court Coordinator of each court where the attorney has pending cases.

Unless the court sets a hearing at its convenience, request available dates from the Court Coordinator by email, copy all parties, and state the hearing duration needed.

To request a hearing, email the Court Coordinator potential dates with all parties copied; the Coordinator will reply all with available dates and times, but the Coordinator should not be copied on discussions about which date is best.

Unless a hearing is to be set at the court’s convenience, potential hearing dates must be requested from the Court Coordinator by email with all parties copied.

Both parties must confer with each other before contacting the Court regarding a trial continuance or hearing reset.

Before contacting the court, the parties must confer; when they agree, they must file an agreed motion and submit an agreed order, and no continuance or reset is granted until the judge signs the order.

When both parties agree, the agreed motion must be filed and an agreed order submitted for the judge’s approval.

A request to pass, postpone, or reset a trial, pretrial, or other hearing requires unanimous consent or notice to and an opportunity for objecting by every nonjoining party.

Before contacting the court regarding a continuance or hearing reset, both parties must confer with each other.

After agreeing on a hearing date and time, email the Court Coordinator, attach an Order Setting Hearing with email addresses after the Judge’s signature line, and copy all parties.

All paper exhibits must be printed or formatted one-sided.

Before trial, exhibits must be marked consecutively with Arabic numerals beginning at 1, and alphabet letters may not be used.

Video exhibits must use MP4 format unless the Eleventh Court of Appeals directs otherwise.

Digital exhibit files must use .pdf, .mp3, or .mp4 extensions; each PDF must be no larger than 100 MB, each audio or video file no larger than 2 GB, and cumulative size no larger than 2 GB.

A party represented by an attorney filing a Notice of Limited Appearance must be served at the party's address listed in that notice.

A party joining an additional party must serve a copy of the scheduling order on the new party concurrently with the pleading that joins the party.

A party joining an additional party must serve the scheduling order on the new party concurrently with the pleading that joins the party.

A party joining an additional party must serve a copy of the scheduling order on the new party concurrently with the pleading that joins the party.

Before filing any motion, plea, application, request, objection, or special exception, filing counsel must schedule a conference to resolve the disputed matters.

After the parties agree on a hearing date and time, the hearing request must be filed electronically.

An attorney may e-file a letter in the District Clerk's attorney vacation file to designate continuing-legal-education and vacation days.

The court requires an Order Setting Hearing and does not accept a Notice of Hearing as the filing used to set the hearing.

The proposed Order Setting Hearing must be submitted electronically after the parties agree on the hearing date and time.

Before the hearing, the pleading proponent must deliver the court administrator a tabbed notebook containing the pleading and all related filings, with documents and exhibits individually identified.