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# C. Michael Davis

Texas 12th Court of Appeals · Court of Appeals Justice

## Profile

- Court: Texas 12th Court of Appeals
- State: Texas
- Role: Court of Appeals Justice
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-27

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### appellate electronic filing

Scope: statewide

In Texas appellate courts, attorneys must electronically file civil and criminal documents, subject to a good-cause motion; self-represented parties may e-file but are not required to do so.

Evidence excerpt: Attorneys in civil cases must electronically file documents. Attorneys in criminal cases must electronically file documents except for good cause shown in a motion filed in the appellate court.

[Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, Rule 9.2, Electronic Filing](https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1461885/texas-rules-of-appellate-procedure.pdf)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.txcourts.gov/12thcoa/about-the-court/justices/justice-c-michael-davis/)
- [Official roster](https://www.txcourts.gov/12thcoa/about-the-court/justices/justice-c-michael-davis/)
- [Texas Judicial Branch official judicial roster](https://www.txcourts.gov/12thcoa/about-the-court/justices/justice-c-michael-davis/)
- [Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, Rule 9.2, Electronic Filing](https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1461885/texas-rules-of-appellate-procedure.pdf)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Michael Davis serves as a Justice on the Twelfth Court of Appeals in Texas, appointed by Governor Greg Abbott in November 2025
- judge of the 369th Judicial District Court — 2017–2025
- Michael Davis is a judge on the Seventeenth Circuit Court in Florida, appointed on April 3, 2020, by Governor Ron DeSantis
- county judge in Broward County, appointed in 2016 by Governor Rick Scott
- Law clerk, criminal defense lawyer, and civil rights attorney before becoming a judge in Hennepin County Municipal Court (1983–1984) and the Fourth Judicial District of Minnesota (1984–1994) prior to his federal appointment
- Michael James Davis is a senior United States district judge for the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
- Before joining the bench, he worked as a senior assistant attorney general and as a senior child best interest attorney with the Florida Guardian Ad Litem Program

### Education

- University of Minnesota Law School in — J.D. (1972)
- Macalester College in — B.A. (1969)
- Texas Tech University School of Law — J.D.
- Bachelor's degree from Stony Brook University
- Hofstra University — J.D.

### Additional information

- There are multiple judges named Michael Davis, including a senior federal judge in Minnesota, a Texas Court of Appeals justice, and a Florida circuit court judge
- He grew up in Aurora, Illinois, and is the great-great-grandson of Nathan Hughes, an escaped slave who fought in the Union Army
- He has been active in the State Bar of Texas and local community organizations, including the Crisis Center of Anderson and Cherokee counties and the Palestine YMCA



## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, Rule 9.2, Electronic Filing](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-e966a5411b2587c600cf3508) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim.  Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1461885/texas-rules-of-appellate-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-07-26.