Practices & Procedures

I. Standing Orders for Civil and Criminal Cases

         Civil Standing Order (pdf)    

         Criminal Standing Order (pdf)    

II. Proposed Orders:

In addition to attaching a copy of the order to the motion, a copy of all proposed orders must be directly e-mailed to chambers at the following address: utdecf_parrish@utd.uscourts.gov. Proposed orders e-mailed to chambers must be editable and submitted in Word format.

For further information, see the ECF Procedures Manual.

III. Trial

A. Sample Trial Order

 Civil Trial Order Example With Date Calculations (pdf)

B. Stock Jury Instructions

          Stock CIVIL Preliminary Instructions (word)
          Stock CIVIL Jury Instructions (word)
          Stock CRIMINAL Jury Instructions (word)

C. Sample Joint Proposed Jury Instructions (see Sample Trial Order 3(c))

Example Proposed Jury Instructions (pdf)

D. Sample Voir Dire Questionnaire and Questions from the Bench

Juror Questionnaire: Initial Juror Questionnaire and Case-Specific Juror Questionnaire

Questions from the Bench

Updated: 11/17/2022