At the pretrial conference, the Court will rule on any motions in limine and objections to deposition excerpts, pre-admit any agreed exhibits, discuss witnesses and timing issues, and any other relevant matters.

Warrant Information To facilitate this process, the Municipal Court conducts a weekly warrant court each Thursday at 8 a.m. You may call the warrant line at 713-475-5559 for assistance.

The Texas courts adopted Rule 21a which allows a party to serve official court documents via email. Before the adoption of Rule 21a, parties had to mail hard copy versions of court filings. This slowed down the litigation process and created a higher risk of parties not receiving filed documents and materials.

According to Rule 166a, a summary judgment should be filed and served no less than 21 days before the hearing. Any response to the summary judgment is due no less than 7 days before the hearing. A party may file a reply to a response, but there is no set time limit for doing so.

A motion hearing is a hearing that is held in front of the judge after one of the lawyers in the case has filed a written request for the judge to do something. At the hearing, the lawyers will orally argue for or against the request, and in some cases, testimony will be taken regarding the issue.

An objection to a motion for continuance should be filed in accordance with the local rules of court. Generally, it should contain the reasons for the objection and be filed with the court clerk within the time period required.

Judges use pre-trial conferences with lawyers for many purposes. One type of conference gaining popularity is the status conference (sometimes called the early conference). This conference held after all initial pleadings have been filed helps the judge manage the case.

The responding party's motion record must be served and filed within 10 days following service of the moving party's motion record.