Ellis County District Courts Pre-Motion Conference Requirements

Criminal cases

An attorney must confer with opposing counsel before filing a discovery motion, and the motion will not be considered or set for hearing without a certificate of conference.

However, no attorney shall file a discovery motion without first conferring with opposing counsel, and no motion will be considered by the Court or set for a hearing unless it is accompanied by a certificate of conference, in accordance with the Court's Instructions, Rules and Procedures.

Before a hearing is set on a motion for early termination from community supervision, bond reduction, a 17.151 application, or habeas corpus, the moving party must communicate with opposing counsel to determine whether the motion will be opposed.

No motion for early termination from community supervision, bond reduction, 17.151 application or writ of habeas corpus will be set for hearing until the moving party has communicated with opposing attorney to determine whether the contemplated motion will be opposed.