--- title: "Luis M. Singleterry | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/luis-m-singleterry" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-07-28" --- # Luis M. Singleterry Texas 92nd District Court · District Judge, Hidalgo County 92nd District Court (general civil jurisdiction) ## Profile - Court: Texas 92nd District Court - State: Texas - Role: District Judge, Hidalgo County 92nd District Court (general civil jurisdiction) - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-28 ## 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 ### pretrial exhibits and video depositions Scope: courtwide For a Hidalgo County district-court civil trial, the joint pretrial order must list expected exhibits and make them available to opposing counsel. Exhibits must be premarked with inadmissible material redacted, and page-and-line designations for videotaped deposition excerpts must be exchanged before trial. Evidence excerpt: All Exhibits are to be premarked with inadmissible matters redacted prior to trial. [Local Rules of Hidalgo County, Texas District Courts](https://www.hidalgocounty.us/DocumentCenter/Home/View/4637) Source checked: 2026-07-28 ### joint pretrial order and jury charge Scope: courtwide The parties must file a joint pretrial order at least 14 days before the final pretrial conference. It must include witness and exhibit lists, and each party must attach a proposed jury charge with instructions, definitions, and questions. Evidence excerpt: A Joint Pretrial Order shall be filed by the parties at least 14 days before the final pretrial conference scheduled by the court. [Local Rules of Hidalgo County, Texas District Courts](https://www.hidalgocounty.us/DocumentCenter/Home/View/4637) Source checked: 2026-07-28 ### summary judgment submission Scope: courtwide Summary-judgment motions in Hidalgo County district courts are decided by submission unless the court orders an oral hearing. Evidence excerpt: Summary Judgment Motions shall be heard by submission only unless an oral hearing is ordered by the Court. [Local Rules of Hidalgo County, Texas District Courts](https://www.hidalgocounty.us/DocumentCenter/Home/View/4637) Source checked: 2026-07-28 ### civil remote appearances Scope: statewide 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. Evidence excerpt: 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). [Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 21d, Appearances at Court Proceedings](https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1462948/texas-rules-of-civil-procedure-july-1-2026.pdf) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### civil recording and broadcasting Scope: statewide 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. Evidence excerpt: A trial court may permit broadcasting, televising, recording, or photographing of proceedings in the courtroom only in the following circumstances: [Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 18c, Recording and Broadcasting of Court Proceedings](https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1462948/texas-rules-of-civil-procedure-july-1-2026.pdf) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.hidalgocounty.us/210/92nd-District-Court) - [Official roster](https://www.hidalgocounty.us/210/92nd-District-Court) - [Hidalgo County official judicial roster](https://www.hidalgocounty.us/210/92nd-District-Court) - [Hidalgo County Officials](https://www.hidalgocounty.us/937/County-Officials) - [Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 21d, Appearances at Court Proceedings](https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1462948/texas-rules-of-civil-procedure-july-1-2026.pdf) - [Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 18c, Recording and Broadcasting of Court Proceedings](https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1462948/texas-rules-of-civil-procedure-july-1-2026.pdf) - [Local Rules of Hidalgo County, Texas District Courts](https://www.hidalgocounty.us/DocumentCenter/Home/View/4637) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/luis-m-singleterry", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/luis-m-singleterry", "name": "Luis M. 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(1998) - Bachelor’s degree in Business Management from the University of Houston ### Additional information - Elections: Elected to the 92nd District Court in 2014; re‐elected in 2016 and 2020. - Judge Singleterry presides over the 92nd District Court, a court of general jurisdiction handling civil, family, and criminal matters in Hidalgo County. - Civil and family hearings are typically conducted via Zoom unless in‐person is requested; criminal hearings are in person. - Other Judicial Service: held the role of a municipal judge for the City of Pharr. - Legal Career: After law school, Singleterry practiced criminal defense in Hidalgo County, specializing in representing indigent defendants in death penalty cases — one of the few attorneys in the county qualified for such work. - Early Life: Born and raised in Hidalgo County; graduated from PSJA High School. ## Published courtroom rules ### Shared court rules - [Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 21d, Appearances at Court Proceedings](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-119ce7e69a3752f1da3cfce0) — 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/1462948/texas-rules-of-civil-procedure-july-1-2026.pdf). Collected 2026-07-26. - [Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 21d, Appearances at Court Proceedings](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-a5f587f769df9f3231ef4f9a) — 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/1462948/texas-rules-of-civil-procedure-july-1-2026.pdf). Collected 2026-07-26.