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Harris County Local Rule 3.3. 6. You must confer person to person with opposing counsel before the court will consider a motion which requires a conference.
A response and brief to an opposed motion must be filed within 21 days from the date the motion is filed. Time for Reply Briefs. Unless otherwise directed by the presiding judge, a party who has filed an opposed motion may file a reply brief within 14 days from the date the response is filed.
If a case is “retained,” it is kept open. If your case was placed on the dismissal docket (but not yet dismissed), you can ask the judge to keep your case open by filing a Motion to Retain Case on the Docket and Notice of Hearing.
A motion to dismiss must be: (a) filed within 60 days after the first pleading containing the challenged cause of action is served on the movant; (b) filed at least 21 days before the motion is heard; and (c) granted or denied within 45 days after the motion is filed.
In Texas, a submission docket/hearing is a process that allows parties in a civil case, such as a protective order case, to submit written arguments and evidence to the court without appearing in person for a hearing.
A motion to dismiss must be: (a) filed within 60 days after the first pleading containing the challenged cause of action is served on the movant; (b) filed at least 21 days before the motion is heard; and (c) granted or denied within 45 days after the motion is filed.
An attorney may withdraw from representing a party only upon written motion for good cause shown.
If a key witness is unavailable to testify, the prosecutor may not have enough evidence to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. If this happens, the prosecutor may need to dismiss the case. For example, a key witness may be the only person who can identify the defendant.
That bright line or “two-dismissal” rule is: “If a plaintiff has once dismissed an action, a dismissal by notice of a second action based on or including the same claim, amounts to an adjudication on the merits. As such, the second dismissal effectively creates a res judicata bar to a third action.” Campbell at 6.