The Second Court of Appeals serves twelve counties in the north central Texas area. The court consists of seven Justices and has appellate jurisdiction over appeals arising from district and county courts in 12 counties (see below).
Cases will include all types of civil appeals and all types of criminal appeals, except where the death penalty has been imposed. Death penalty cases are appealed directly to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin. The Court also has jurisdiction over original proceedings from those same counties, such as Writs of Mandamus, Injunction, Prohibition and Habeas Corpus.
Governor Perry Appoints Judge Lee Gabriel of Denton County as Justice, Place 7, Second Court of Appeals.
She will be sworn in on August 1st at 2:00 p.m. at the Denton County Courthouse.
Notice to Court Reporters, Counsel, and Parties: Because the Office of Court Administration has not yet implemented electronic filing and case management systems statewide or at this court, the Second District Court of Appeals has requested that, until further notice, (1) all reporter's records with exhibit volumes continue to include tabbed divisions between exhibits and (2) any reporter's record filed in a compressed four-per-page format comply with the formatting requirements of former rule 22.1 of the 2003 Uniform Format Manual for Court Reporters and be in a font/characters per inch large enough to read without electronic enhancement. If you have any questions about how to comply with these requests, please contact our Clerk's office.
Parties may now submit as a courtesy to the court an electronic brief. Procedures to do so
may be found under the "Local Rules" link under the "Practice Before the Court" section.
- Legal Citation:
- Texas Constitution, Article V, Section 6
Texas Government Code Annotated, § 22.201
Documents should be filed with the Court during normal business hours, which are Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. In case of an emergency, filings may be made after normal business hours provided counsel coordinates the filing with the Clerk of the Court or with one of the Justices in accordance with rule of appellate procedure 9.2(a)(2). During the Court’s normal business hours, a party can coordinate an after-hours emergency filing by contacting the Clerk of the Court at 817-884-1900 to arrange for a Court staff person to remain in the Clerk’s office for a reasonable time to accept an emergency filing or otherwise process a mandamus or emergency motion. Outside of normal business hours, a party may coordinate the processing of such emergency filings by calling the after-hours number listed in the Court’s recording at 817-884-1900 or in accordance with rule 9.2(a)(2).
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Updated: 19-Jul-2010
