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FELICIA PITRE
DISTRICT CLERK
l DALLAS CO.,TEXAS
JUDGE DALE TILLERY PRESIDINfinda Burks DEPUTY
E F0n 134TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
600 Commerce St., 6th Floor, Room 650
Dallas, Texas 75202-4606
214/653-7546 -- 134th Ct. Clerk
214/653-6995 --Ct. Coordinator
fly@dallascourts.0rg
May 05, 2020
RANDALL G WALTERS
WALTERS BALIDO & CRAIN LLP
10440 N CENTRAL EXPWY
STE 1500
DALLAS TX 75231
Re: TODD OFFEN VS. CARLA KENYON, et a1
DC-20-05 1 69
A11 Counsel of Record/Pro Se Litigants:
PLEASE TAKE NOTE 0f the following settings:
JURY TRIAL - CIVIL: 05/10/2021 @ 9:00 AM
Trial announcements MUST BE MADE in accordance With Rule 3.02, Local Rules 0f
the Civil Court 0f Dallas County, Texas.
When NO announcement is made for defendant, defendant will be presumed ready. If
ANY plaintiff fails t0 announce 0r to appear at trial, the case will be dismissed for want
of prosecution in accordance with Rule 165a, Texas Rules 0f Civil Procedure.
Completion of discovery, presentation of pretrial motions, and other matters relating to
the preparation for trial, are controlled by the Scheduling Order in this case 0r by the
Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, in the event n0 Scheduling Order has been signed by the
Court.
Please forward a copy 0f this notice to counsel of record for each party and all pro se
parties by a method approved in Texas Rules 0f Civil Procedure 21a.
Sincerely,
flg/é
DALE TILLERY,
Presiding Judge
f
DBT/fll
pCZ JOHN KENYON; CARLA KENYON; RANDALL G WALTERS; MITCHELL MCCREA
ALL PARTIES MUST BE COPIED 0N ALL WRITTEN COMMUNICATION T0 THE COURT.
N: JUDGE DALE TILLERY PRESIDING
Fan 134TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
600 Commerce St., 6th Floor, Room 650
Dallas, Texas 75202-4606
K5.
E 214/653-7546 -- 134th Ct. Clerk
214/653-6995 --Ct. Coordinator
fly@dallascourts.0rg
May 05, 2020
MITCHELL MCCREA
3500 MAPLE AVE
SUITE 1250
DALLAS TX 75219
Re: TODD OFFEN VS. CARLA KENYON, et a1
DC-20-05 1 69
A11 Counsel 0f RecordfPro Se Litigants:
PLEASE TAKE NOTE 0f the following settings:
JURY TRIAL - CIVIL: 05/10/2021 @ 9:00 AM
Trial announcements MUST BE MADE in accordance With Rule 3.02, Local Rules 0f
the Civil Court 0f Dallas County, Texas.
When NO announcement is made for defendant, defendant Will be presumed ready. If
ANY plaintiff fails t0 announce 0r t0 appear at trial, the case will be dismissed for want
of prosecution in accordance with Rule 165a, Texas Rules 0f Civil Procedure.
Completion of discovery, presentation 0f pretrial motions, and other matters relating to
the preparation for trial, are controlled by the Scheduling Order in this case 0r by the
Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, in the event n0 Scheduling Order has been signed by the
Court.
Please forward a copy 0f this notice to counsel of record for each party and all pro se
parties by a method approved in Texas Rules 0f Civil Procedure 21a.
Sincerely,
flg/é
DALE TILLERY,
Presiding Judge
f
DBT/fll
pCZ JOHN KENYON; CARLA KENYON; RANDALL G WALTERS; MITCHELL MCCREA
ALL PARTIES MUST BE COPIED 0N ALL WRITTEN COMMUNICATION T0 THE COURT.
N: JUDGE DALE TILLERY PRESIDING
Fan 134TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
600 Commerce St., 6th Floor, Room 650
Dallas, Texas 75202-4606
K5.
E 214/653-7546 -- 134th Ct. Clerk
214/653-6995 --Ct. Coordinator
fly@dallascourts.0rg
May 05, 2020
CARLA KENYON
1213 W 12TH STREET
AUSTIN TX 78703—4136
Re: TODD OFFEN VS. CARLA KENYON, et a1
DC-20-05 1 69
All Counsel 0f Record/Pro Se Litigants:
PLEASE TAKE NOTE of the following settings:
JURY TRIAL - CIVIL: 05/10/2021 @ 9:00 AM
Trial announcements MUST BE MADE in accordance With Rule 3.02, Local Rules of
the Civil Court 0f Dallas County, Texas.
When NO announcement is made for defendant, defendant Will be presumed ready. If
ANY plaintiff fails t0 announce 0r t0 appear at trial, the case will be dismissed for want
of prosecution in accordance with Rule 165a, Texas Rules 0f Civil Procedure.
Completion 0f discovery, presentation 0f pretrial motions, and other matters relating to
the preparation for trial, are controlled by the Scheduling Order in this case or by the
Texas Rules 0f Civil Procedure, in the event n0 Scheduling Order has been signed by the
Court.
Please forward a copy 0f this notice to counsel of record for each party and all pro se
parties by a method approved in Texas Rules 0f Civil Procedure 21a.
Sincerely,
flg/é
DALE TILLERY,
Presiding Judge
f
DBT/fll
pCZ JOHN KENYON; CARLA KENYON; RANDALL G WALTERS; MITCHELL MCCREA
ALL PARTIES MUST BE COPIED 0N ALL WRITTEN COMMUNICATION T0 THE COURT.
N: JUDGE DALE TILLERY PRESIDING
Fan 134TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
600 Commerce St., 6th Floor, Room 650
Dallas, Texas 75202-4606
K5.
E 214/653-7546 -- 134th Ct. Clerk
214/653-6995 --Ct. Coordinator
fly@dallascourts.0rg
May 05, 2020
JOHN KENYON
8502 CRAIGHILL AVE
DALLAS TX 75209
Re: TODD OFFEN VS. CARLA KENYON, et a1
DC-20-05 1 69
All Counsel 0f Record/Pro Se Litigants:
PLEASE TAKE NOTE of the following settings:
JURY TRIAL - CIVIL: 05/10/2021 @ 9:00 AM
Trial announcements MUST BE MADE in accordance With Rule 3.02, Local Rules of
the Civil Court 0f Dallas County, Texas.
When NO announcement is made for defendant, defendant Will be presumed ready. If
ANY plaintiff fails t0 announce 0r t0 appear at trial, the case will be dismissed for want
of prosecution in accordance with Rule 165a, Texas Rules 0f Civil Procedure.
Completion 0f discovery, presentation 0f pretrial motions, and other matters relating to
the preparation for trial, are controlled by the Scheduling Order in this case or by the
Texas Rules 0f Civil Procedure, in the event n0 Scheduling Order has been signed by the
Court.
Please forward a copy 0f this notice to counsel of record for each party and all pro se
parties by a method approved in Texas Rules 0f Civil Procedure 21a.
Sincerely,
flg/é
DALE TILLERY,
Presiding Judge
f
DBT/fll
pCZ JOHN KENYON; CARLA KENYON; RANDALL G WALTERS; MITCHELL MCCREA
ALL PARTIES MUST BE COPIED 0N ALL WRITTEN COMMUNICATION T0 THE COURT.
CAUSE N0. DC-20-05169
TODD OFFEN IN THE DISTRICT COURT
VS. 134TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
CARLA KENYON, et al DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS
UNIFORM SCHEDULING ORDER (LEVEL 3)
In accordance With Rules 166, 190 and 192 0f the Texas Rules 0f Civil Procedure, the
Court makes the following order t0 control discovery and the schedule 0f this cause:
1. This case Will be ready and is set for JURY TRIAL - CIVIL on MAY 10, 2021 at
9:00 AM (“this Trial Setting”). Reset 0r continuance 0f this Trial Setting will not alter any
deadlines established in this Order 0r established by the Texas Rules 0f Civil Procedure, unless
otherwise provided by order. If not reached as set, the case will be carried t0 the next week.
2. Pretrial matters will be completed by the following dates:
a. amended pleadings asserting new causes 0f
130 days before thls Tnal settmg
action 0r defenses ...........................................
b. fact discovery closes 115 days before
...................................... this Trial Setting
c. party seeking affirmative relief t0 designate
experts (ifno reports provided) See: Rule 115 days before this Trial Setting
195.3(a)(1) ....................................................
d. party seeking affirmative relief t0 designate
experts (ifreports provided) See: Rule 105 days before this Trial Setting
195.3(a)(3) ....................................................
e. party not seeking affirmative relief 0r
opposing affirmative relief t0 designate
9O days before this Trial Setting
experts & make available for deposition
See: Ruler 195.3(b) .......................................
f. designation 0f rebuttal experts either make
75 days before this Trial Setting
available for deposition 0r provide reports
g. all expert discovery closes 45 days before
............................. this Trial Setting
h. other amended pleadings ................................
45 days before this Trial Setting
3. The parties may, by written agreement, alter the pretrial deadlines, set forth
above. Amended pleadings responsive t0 timely filed pleadings under this Order may be filed
after the deadline for amended pleadings if filed within two (2) weeks after the pleading t0 which
they respond. Except by agreement 0f the party, leave 0f court, 0r Where expressly authorized by
the Texas Rules 0f Civil Procedure, n0 party may obtain discovery 0f information subject t0
disclosure under Rule 194 by any other form 0f discovery. Any objection 0r motion to exclude
0r limit expert testimony due t0 qualification 0f the expert 0r reliability 0f the opinions must be
filed n0 later than seven (7) days after the close 0f expert discovery, 0r such objection is waived.
Any motion t0 compel responses t0 discovery (other than relating t0 factual matters arising after
the end 0f fact discovery) must be filed n0 later than seven (7) days after the close 0f fact
discovery 0r such complaint is waived, except for the sanction 0f exclusion under Rule 193.6.
4. Each side may have 75 hours 0f depositions and each party may have 50
interrogatories.
5. No additional parties may be joined more than eight (8) months after the
commencement of this case except 0n motion for leave showing good cause. This paragraph
does not otherwise alter the requirements 0f Rule 38. The party joining an additional party shall
serve a copy 0f this Order 0n the new party concurrently with the pleading joining that party.
6. If mediation, 0r other alternative dispute resolution, isagreed t0 by the parties,
then it will be conducted in accordance with the Texas Rules 0f Civil Procedure; the Texas
Government Code and the standing Dallas County Civil District Court order regarding
mediation, which is available from the Dallas County ADR Coordinator.
Mediation must be conducted thirty (30) days prior t0 the first trial setting in this case.
The parties’ decision to mediate in this case will not be a basis for a continuance 0f any
trial setting.
7. Fourteen (14) days before this Trial Setting, the parties shall exchange
designations 0f deposition testimony t0 be offered in direct examination and a list 0f exhibits,
including any demonstrative aids and affidavits, and shall exchange copies of any exhibits not
previously produced in discovery; over—designation is strongly discouraged and may be
sanctioned. Except for records to be offered by way of business record affidavits, each exhibit
must be identified separately and not by category 0r group designation. Ten (10) days before
this Trial Setting, the parties shall exchange in writing their objections t0 the opposing party’s
proposed exhibits, including objections under Rule 193.7, and deposition testimony. On or
before ten (10) days before this Trial Setting, the attorneys in charge for all parties shall meet in
person to confer on stipulations regarding the materials to be submitted t0 the Court under this
paragraph and attempt t0 maximize agreement 0n such matters. By 4 pm. 0n the Thursday
before this Trial Setting, the parties shall file with the Court the materials stated in Rule 166(d)-
(In), an estimate of the length of trial, designation 0f deposition testimony to be offered in direct
examination, and any motions in limine. Failure to file such maten'als may result in dismissal for
want 0f prosecution or other appropriate sanction.
8. A11 Daubert challenges and witness challenges and all dispositive motions,
including Motions for Summary Judgment, shall be set and heard at least 30 days prior to this
trial setting 0r they are waived.
9. The provisions 0f Chapter 18 0f the Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code shall control,
and not be interpreted in conflict with, this UNIFORM SCHEDULING ORDER.
Plaintiff/Plaintiff’s counsel shall serve a copy of this order on any currently named
defendants answering after the date of this order.
SIGNED on 5/5/2020 .
ALE TILLERY, Presiding
pc: JOHN KENYON; CARLA KENYON; RANDALL G WALTERS; MITCHELL M CREA
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