The Donley County Court Calendar
Donley County publishes no single searchable calendar covering every criminal and civil trial court. What the county homepage does post is Commissioners Court dates. Those meetings normally fall on the second Monday, shifting to Tuesday after a holiday. That schedule covers county government only. It says nothing about District Court or County Court. It omits justice court and municipal hearings too.
A real calendar entry belongs to a specific case and court. It should show the date, time, and setting type. Judge and hearing location belong there too, when those fields exist. An old search result never outranks the current docket or the clerk's word.
Donley Has No Unified Calendar
No single public calendar does not mean no hearing exists. It just means you have to route the request yourself. County and district cases start with the County/District Clerk. Justice matters go to JP 1-2 or JP 3-4. Clarendon handles its dates through the Municipal Court and City Secretary. Howardwick's current official route is City Hall. Hedley matters run through JP 3-4.
Statewide, Texas offers no trial-court search that reaches every local court either. re:SearchTX can pull public electronic documents from participating courts. But a missing event there cancels nothing on a Donley County docket.
Calendar rule: Treat silence from one system as a prompt to contact the responsible court.
How to Find Your Court Date
Work the confirmed channels in order. Begin with the notice and the case docket itself. Then call the office that holds that court's record. No public terminal or printed daily calendar is posted, so ask the clerk before you travel to look for one.
- Read the court name and cause number from the newest notice.
- Check the available local case route for date, time, judge, place, and setting type.
- Call the County/District Clerk at (806) 874-3436 for county or district routing.
- For a district setting, confirm the current 100th District Court coordinator contact.
- For JP matters, call JP 1-2 at (806) 874-2016 or JP 3-4 at (806) 856-5914.
- Use the municipal clerk for a city case, then ask whether a posted or printed docket exists.
A Donley County case search can help you find the record. Only the court gives the authoritative current date.
Donley Calendar Contact Conflict
Two official sources disagree about 100th District Court contacts. The county's own District Court page lists a Childress address. It also posts phone (940) 937-7070 and a coordinator email. OCA's May 2025 directory points instead to a Donley primary location, P.O. Box 887 in Clarendon, phone (806) 874-0122, with coordinator Tammy Brinson.
Never pick one silently when a setting matters. Call both and confirm which coordinator and hearing location are current. The stakes are higher here. The 100th District serves five counties. An administrative contact outside Donley County is no answer. It will not tell you where a hearing is actually held. The official Donley District Court page displays one side of the contact record.
That page is a routing aid. It is not a daily court calendar or a case-specific setting notice for Donley County.
Reading a Court Setting
One setting is one scheduled event. It is not necessarily the trial or the final result. Match every field against the current cause number and court, and when a screen leaves out the room or judge, ask the clerk rather than guessing.
| Date | The day currently assigned to the event. |
|---|---|
| Time | The call time, which may differ from building hours. |
| Court and judge | The tribunal and judicial officer assigned. |
| Location | The courthouse, city office, or other stated hearing place. |
| Setting type | Arraignment, pretrial, motion hearing, status conference, trial, or docket call. |
A filing date and a last-filed date are not hearing dates. iDocket's public tables rely on last-filed information that can be materially stale, so that vendor field should never override a new notice.
Donley District Term Framework
Texas Government Code Chapter 24 sets the boundaries. It places Donley County in the 100th Judicial District alongside Carson, Childress, Collingsworth, and Hall Counties. Donley terms begin at 10 a.m. on the first Mondays of March and October. Those dates frame the regular court terms. They do not promise every case gets heard then. A term start is not a hearing setting.
A specific case may land on another date, be reset, or be continued. It may even resolve without any trial on opening day. Read the case entry and the newest notice every time.
Authority: Texas Government Code Chapter 24 defines the district and its term framework.
Resets, Continuances, and Cancellations
A continuance is a court-approved postponement. A reset assigns a new date. Neither one means the case was dismissed. Read the Donley County court calendar in chronological order. An old setting can stay visible after a newer entry changes it.
Find the later order, notice, or setting entry. Then verify the new date with the clerk or coordinator. A county meeting calendar, an old vendor date, or a statewide search omission proves nothing about cancellation. A disposition, such as dismissal or judgment, is a case outcome and differs from a scheduling event. Keep every setting notice until the court confirms which date controls.
Clarendon Court Schedule Language
Clarendon has an official procedures page. It calls the docket the court schedule. That wording makes the municipal docket the starting point for any Clarendon court date. The page itself posts no current settings table. For an actual date, contact City Secretary Machiel Covey at (806) 874-3438. Covey also serves as Municipal Court Clerk. The Clarendon procedures source shows the city's docket-as-schedule language.
The procedures page explains terminology and conduct. It does not replace a current municipal setting from the clerk.
What To Do If You Miss a Setting
Call the court listed on your notice right away. Have the cause number ready. Have your full name, the date you missed, and the type of setting it was. Ask the clerk what the docket shows. It may list a new date, an order, a warrant, or other action taken after your absence. Only that court can tell you what happened and what step comes next.
A quick online payment, a fresh case lookup, or silence from re:SearchTX does not fix a missed Donley County setting. JP and municipal courts each run their own dockets. County and district cases go through their own clerks. Write down each call you make and the date you made it.
Act promptly: A missed setting can have case-specific consequences, so confirm the docket directly instead of waiting for an online update.
Confirm Donley Dates Before Travel
Call the day before you leave, on the last business day when that is possible. Confirm the hearing date, start time, court, judge, location, and event type on the docket. Ask as well whether the court will let you appear remotely for that case. Donley County publishes no parking, security, disability-access, public-terminal, or general reminder details. So plan for none of it.
The County/District Clerk keeps office hours of Monday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday hours are 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Office hours are not hearing times. Call ahead before you count on a printed calendar or an in-person docket review.
- Docket call
- A group of matters called by the court.
- Hearing
- A judicial event on an issue or motion.
- Pretrial
- A setting before plea, trial, or civil trial readiness.
- Disposition
- The recorded outcome, not a date change.
Donley Calendar Reminder Limits
Donley County runs no court reminder program. Statewide, the OCA plans case notices for integrated civil and family cases starting in October 2025, with criminal notices to follow once integration is done. For now that software sends notices only to attorneys, not to people representing themselves. Whether Donley has joined the system is not posted.
So hold on to your filed notice. Check the current docket, then call the court. A text that never arrives does not mean your hearing moved. A direct call to the clerk remains the safe step.