Filings
2 days
How long do you have to file a redacted-public version of a document filed under seal (unless the entire document is confidential)?
Name calling, misrepresenting cases, and quoting the law clerk.
What are the top three things lawyers should not do in motions?
The Dirty Thirty
What was the name of the 1971 group of Texas legislators that included future Chief Judge John Hannah?
Five and eight, respectively.
What are the page limits for objections to nondispositive and dispositive rulings by a magistrate judge?
A motion for extension of time to answer/otherwise plead.
How do you get an extension of the deadline to answer or otherwise plead in Judge Crone's court?
15 pages
What is the permissible length of a summary judgment motion that is not dispositive of all the issues in the case?
Motions to dismiss. motions for judgment on the pleadings and motions for full or partial summary judgment.
What are three types of motions that do not require certificates of conference?
Lawyers, judges and sometimes jurors.
Who can ask witnesses questions during a trial in the Eastern District of Texas?
Full voir dire and Snickerdoodles.
What are two things associated with Judge Amos Mazzant?
Call the discovery hotline.
What do you have to do before filing a discovery motion in Judge Clark's court?
14 days.
What was the response time for summary judgment motions before it was changed to 21 days?
Rule CV-26(d)
What rule explains what the test is for whether specific discovery is "relevant?"
Zero.
How many games of handball did U.S. District Judge Judge Joe Fisher ever lose to his law clerks?
Outside the division in which the case is being tried.
Where can a focus group be conducted?
No.
Is what I am filing really an emergency?
Sending an email.
What is not sufficient to have met and conferred in good faith?
60 pages.
What is the maximum number of pages allowed for all summary judgment motions filed by one party in a case?
Thunderbolts and Spitfires
What fighters did U.S. District Judge William Steger fly in World War II?
14 days, unless shortened by order.
How many days does a party have to object to a magistrate judge's report and recommendation or order?
Notice of Readiness for Scheduling Conference or Order Governing Proceedings/Rule 26(f) Order.
What are two procedures utilized by judges for issuing a scheduling orders once a party files an answer or otherwise appears?
Separately and after the motion for leave.
How and when do you file a document for which leave to file is being sought?
Heightened "meet and confer."
What is specifically required before filing a discovery motion?
Paris, Texas
What is the European-inspired town in which the Eastern District of Texas once had a division?
At the end of the docket control order and in a separate order issued shortly before the pretrial conference.
Where can lawyers find the directions for handling exhibits at trial?
Chief Judge Gilstrap, Judges Schroeder, Giblin, Love, Payne, Mitchell, Nowak & Johnson.
Which judges have standing orders opting out of Local Rule 5(a)(9)'s requirement that courtesy copies of e-filed documents over 10 pages be sent to chambers?