385th District Court

Types of Hearings

Civil and Criminal Bench Trials
Civil and Criminal Jury Trials
Civil and Criminal Motions
Civil default judgments
Civil pretrial matters
Civil summary judgments
Criminal First and Final Pre-trials are every Friday via email announcement from defense counsel
Guilty Pleas are every Thursday at 1:30 p.m.

Civil and Criminal Jury Trials are scheduled by the Court with dockets sent to counsel in advance. Generally, the Court schedules 1 Civil Jury week and 2 to 3 Criminal Jury weeks each month.
Under certain circumstances, special settings are made.
Bench Trials (Non-Jury Trials) are scheduled by separate order.

Felony arraignments happen every Friday at 8:30 a.m. Midland County District Judges alternate presiding over arraignments.