Harris County District Courts Filing Bundling Requirements

CRITICALCivil cases

Motions, responses, replies, exhibits, and proposed orders must each be filed as stand-alone documents, though they may be filed in the same envelope.

All motions/responses/replies must be filed in a stand-alone document. All exhibits, proposed orders, and other attachments should also be in their own documents. However, they may all be filed in the same envelope with the motion/response/reply as the lead document.

WARNINGCivil cases

Do not split your documents into separate envelopes when filing.

Do not split your documents in different envelopes.

WARNINGCivil cases

All motions should have their own proposed order (Please do not combine multiple motions into one order).

All motions should have their own proposed order (Please do not combine multiple motions into one order).

WARNINGCivil cases

Each pleading, motion, response, exhibit, proposed order, and notice must be filed as a separate document.

All pleading, motions, responses, etc., must be separated with the filing as follows: motion and response/reply, each individual exhibit, proposed order, notice of hearing and/or submission.

INFOCivil cases

The parties are asked to eliminate duplicate exhibits by agreement when possible.

Please eliminate duplicate exhibits if possible by agreement.

INFOCivil cases

The parties are asked to work with opposing counsel or self-represented parties to narrow motion-in-limine issues by agreement.

Then work with opposing counsel or pro se parties to narrow those issues by agreement.