Judge Derbha H. Jones
Judge • Denton County District Courts
Court-wide rules
Applies court-wideDenton County District Courts publishes its filing requirements at the court level rather than per judge, so these 101 rules are what govern this courtroom.
Filing Requirements
All 27- Applies to
- Certification form
- Must include
- ai disclosure
Self-represented litigants and attorneys using artificial intelligence must sign and submit the attached certification form before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding.
- Applies to
- Certification form
The certification must state that a human verified all generative-AI-created or contributed language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments, and legal analysis through traditional non-AI legal sources before submission.
- Applies to
- Certificate
- Must include
- ai disclosure
The filer must certify that a human independently verified all generative-AI-created or contributed information through traditional non-AI legal sources before submission to the court.
Filing Timing
All 21- Deadline
- 3 working days
Except in an emergency, briefs on motions other than summary judgment must be served and filed no later than three working days before the hearing.
A summary-judgment support brief must be filed and served together with the summary-judgment motion.
An opposition brief on a summary-judgment motion must be filed and served no later than the response due date.
Formatting
All 20- Format
Text-document files must be searchable PDFs compatible with the latest Adobe Reader and must not be password-protected, encrypted, or subject to rights management.
- Format
Scanning text documents should be avoided when possible, and documents should be converted directly to PDF when feasible.
Scanned document images must be black and white and have a resolution of 300 dpi.
Service
All 10The attorney of record must serve all attorneys of record and parties with the vacation letter when the attorney will be unavailable for a vacation.
The moving party must immediately provide written hearing details to all other parties and immediately file a written notice of hearing with the applicable clerk.
- Applies to
- Trial setting request
The party requesting a trial setting must serve the request on every other party.
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