D'Metria Benson

All counsel and self-represented litigants must attend trial docket call with clients and witnesses ready; failure to appear can result in default or dismissal.

All cases are called for trial the day they are set. The Court requires all counsel and self-represented litigants to appear for docket call. You should have your clients and witnesses ready. Failure to appear may result in a default or dismissal.

In civil district and county court proceedings, the court may permit or require electronic participation after appropriate notice; compelled electronic participation for oral-testimony proceedings requires good cause or party agreement, and a jury trial requires party agreement.

Upon appropriate notice by a party or the court, a court may allow or require a participant to appear at a court proceeding by videoconference, teleconference, or other available electronic means, except as otherwise provided in (2).

Civil district and county trial courts may permit courtroom recording or broadcasting only under Supreme Court guidelines, with the required party and witness consent, or for ceremonial proceedings.

A trial court may permit broadcasting, televising, recording, or photographing of proceedings in the courtroom only in the following circumstances: