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Polk (Hwy 29)</div> <div> Burnet, Texas 78611</div> <bR> <div> <B>Telephone: </B>512-756-5436     <B>Fax: </B>512-756-8478</div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="court_emails"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Administrator:</B>  Eva Walla        <A HREF="mailto:admin@33rd.courts.state.tx.us" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:admin@33rd.courts.state.tx.us"><U><IMG SRC="04a20120.png" border=0 width="32" height="18" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Administrative Assistant: </B>Lisa Bell  <A HREF="mailto:staff1@33rd.courts.state.tx.us" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:staff1@33rd.courts.state.tx.us"><U><IMG SRC="04a20120.png" border=0 width="32" height="18" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>       </div> <div> <B>Administrative Assistant: </B>Leigh Goding  <A HREF="mailto:staff2@33rd.courts.state.tx.us" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:staff2@33rd.courts.state.tx.us"><U><IMG SRC="04a20120.png" border=0 width="32" height="18" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>          </div> <div> <B> <A NAME="email_to_judge"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Judge:</B> Guilford L. Jones, III  <A HREF="mailto:judge@33rd.courts.state.tx.us" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:judge@33rd.courts.state.tx.us"><U><IMG SRC="04a20120.png" border=0 width="32" height="18" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>   </div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="622" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFF00 HEIGHT= 88 WIDTH="304"><div> <B>Judge's email is NOT to be used by litigants or any person interested in a case other than attorneys. </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFF00 WIDTH="299"><div> <B>When to email or NOT email directly to the judge.</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 455 WIDTH="304"><div> Attorneys ---  CAVEAT: contacts to the court, including submission of proposed orders or other documents, should normally be submitted to the Administrator or one of the staff rather than directly to the court unless you know that the judge is anticipating your communication or have reason to believe that direct emailing will be appropriate. To do otherwise may only delay action on your communication. </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>      <B>All messages re: pending cases will be filed in the case file.</B></div> <div> Any communication to the Court or staff via e-mail must comply with Rules 21 and 21a, T.R.C.P., and to do so by the fastest means available to other affected parties or counsel. Also, the provisions of Canon 3B.(8) of the Code of Judicial Conduct should be carefully reviewed before any person connected with a case attempts any communication with the judge or court personnel.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="299"><div> <B>WHERE TO SEND EMAILS:</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">As a <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>general rule</B></FONT>, email staff. More on that below. </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ff000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Exceptions</B></FONT> (when you should email the judge directly). </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">When replying to an email from the judge (sort of obvious). </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">When you've been asked to email the judge directly. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">If you think it should be for the judge's eyes only.</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Staff emails</B></FONT>: </div> <div> <B>Administrator </B>-- <A HREF="mailto:admin@33rd.courts.state.tx.us" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:admin@33rd.courts.state.tx.us"><U>Eva Walla</U></A>. She will handle all <U>setting requests</U>, scheduling of the judge's appointments and all matters of general court adminstration. She will handle most matters directly and will forward to to the judge anything that she feels he should have his hands directly on. </div> <bR> <div> You can't go wrong by emailing Eva but if you have a specific issue <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>OTHER THAN SETTINGS</B></FONT> that Lisa or Leigh can help with directly -- and experience will tell you that -- then you are welcome to email them directly. </div> <div> <B>Criminal & indigent defense issues</B> -- <A HREF="mailto:staff1@33rd.courts.state.tx.us " TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:staff1@33rd.courts.state.tx.us "><U>Lisa Bell</U></A> </div> <div> <B>Civil case issues</B> -- <A HREF="mailto:staff2@33rd.courts.state.tx.us" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:staff2@33rd.courts.state.tx.us"><U>Leigh Goding</U></A> </div> <div> Remember, only Ms. Walla does the settings.</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="ocr"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Official Court Reporters:</B></div> <div> Stephanie Larsen: Phone (512) 715-5238  <A HREF="mailto:Stephanie Larsen <rptr1@33rd.courts.state.tx.us>" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:Stephanie Larsen <rptr1@33rd.cour"><U><IMG SRC="04a20120.png" border=0 width="32" height="18" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <div> Jennifer Hoffman:  Phone (512) 715-5230  <A HREF="mailto:Jennifer Hoffman <rptr2@33rd.courts.state.tx.us>" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:Jennifer Hoffman <rptr2@33rd.cour"><U><IMG SRC="04a20120.png" border=0 width="32" height="18" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>List Server: </B>(Also see <A HREF="dockets.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Docket Lists"><U>Docket Information</U></A>)</div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="ygroupsmore"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>More About the Yahoo Groups</B></div> <div> <B>Subscribe to Yahoo Groups maintained by the Court:</B></div> <div> <B>Click on a link to join:</B></div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:33rdCourt-subscribe@yahoogroups.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:33rdCourt-subscribe@yahoogroups.c"><U>General Info</U></A> (Attorneys and their confidential staff, and elected district clerks in the 33rd -- by approval)</div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:33rdCourtCivilDock-subscribe@yahoogroups.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:33rdCourtCivilDock-subscribe@yaho"><U>Civil Dockets</U></A> (direct email of civil dockets)</div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:33rdCrimDockets-subscribe@yahoogroups.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:33rdCrimDockets-subscribe@yahoogr"><U>Criminal Dockets</U></A> (direct email of criminal dockets</div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:33rdCourtPress-subscribe@yahoogroups.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:33rdCourtPress-subscribe@yahoogro"><U>Media/Public</U></A>  (media members or others desiring press releases or 'quick fact' snippets issued by the Court)</div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:33rdOfficials-subscribe@yahoogroups.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:33rdOfficials-subscribe@yahoogrou"><U>Officials</U></A> (Elected Officials having a relationship to Court activities)</div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="yahoofullsub"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>How to get "fully" subscribed</B></div> <div> First of all, why bother?  You will then be able to access the full features of the website for the group which may have files of interest, bookmarks to related websites, and archives of older messages of interest.</div> <bR> <div> YahooGroups is a little wierd in that there are really two classes of membership:  email only and full group site membership. For the fullest experience, you need to have full site membership. These instructions will help you accomplish that. This assumes you are already a group member and getting emails, but are unable to access the group site on the web AND that you have a Yahoo ID. If you don't have the ID, <A HREF="#no_id" TITLE="Contact Information"><U>look further down</U></A> this page.</div> <bR> <div> YOU MAY WANT TO PRINT OUT THESE INSTRUCTIONS.</div> <div> <A HREF="#no_id" TITLE="Contact Information"><U>If you have no Yahoo ID, start here</U></A></div> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="id"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A YAHOO ID & HAVE BEEN SIGNED UP IN A GROUP BY A MODERATOR:</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="761" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 377 WIDTH="153"><div> Log into Yahoo Groups with your Yahoo ID. Do this by going to the following URL:</div> <bR> <div> http://groups.yahoo.com</div> <div> m/</div> <bR> <div> If your browser is not set to automatically log you in, you will come to a place prompting for you to log in. It will look something like this:</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="22e46630.png" border=0 width="582" height="355" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Click on the  Registered Users link</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 373 WIDTH="153"><div>  Your next screen should be:</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="22fb06f0.png" border=0 width="688" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 299 WIDTH="153"><div> Depending on whether you already have groups that you are linked to, or not, you'll come to one of a couple of different pages.  If you have some groups, it will look like:</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="589"><div> <IMG SRC="23072150.png" border=0 width="370" height="277" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> in which case you click on the group you are interested in.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 397 WIDTH="153"><div> But if Yahoo finds no existing groups for you, you'll come to:</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="589"><div> <IMG SRC="23238770.png" border=0 width="312" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Click on that membership wizard and follow the directions. </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 483 WIDTH="153"><div> But if you DO have groups listed but that you are not yet "activated" in, you can select the relevant group and the next page will look approximately like:</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="589"><div> <IMG SRC="231bbfb0.png" border=0 width="443" height="251" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> in which case you should click on the "Activate your membership" link.</div> <div> Click on 'Activate your Membership' and you should get the following message:</div> <bR> <div> <I>When you join a Yahoo! Group, your membership is associated with a specific email address. If that email address isn't connected to the Yahoo! ID you use to access the group on the Web; is not verified; or is connected to more than one of your Yahoo! IDs, some of your group memberships may not be displayed on the My Groups page.</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>The Membership Wizard can help you locate your group memberships using the information listed in your Account Info. You are currently signed in as capn_justice2002. We will look up the information for that Yahoo! ID. (If you want to use a different Yahoo! ID, Sign in as a different user.)</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Please press the "Continue" button below, and we will walk you through the process. </I></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 501 WIDTH="153"><div> Click on continue. You'll come to a screen like:</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="589"><div> <IMG SRC="234214d0.png" border=0 width="545" height="333" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> click on the "verify" option.</div> <div> The system will send you a verification code to the 'real' address you specified when you clicked, and you'll be sitting at a screen that will allow entry of the code.</div> <div> Go check your email now. The verification code usually comes pretty quickly, but if not, you can leave that browser screen because the email from Yahoo will have a browser link you can click on to get back to the same screen.</div> <bR> <div> When you get that email, and enter the authorization code into the screen, your email address will now be linked to that group. You may have to repeat the process for other groups you belong to. </div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="no_id"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>IF YOU DON'T ALREADY HAVE AN ID:</div> <div> If you attempt to go to the group without a Yahoo ID, it will show you as a 'guest' </div> <div> <IMG SRC="23608920.png" border=0 width="264" height="146" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> and give you a choice to 'Register.' That'll be near the upper right hand corner, e.g.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="237fcb50.png" border=0 width="252" height="181" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> <div> Click on that and you'll be sent to the registration process and once that is complete, you'll be sent back to your group.</div> <bR> <div> You pick what your ID is going to be. It does NOT have to be like your email address because under the ID you can set up different "profiles."  Under my "judge33tex" I am, for example, also "beemerjudge" so you can later be known by a more recognizable "handle."  The ID is used merely to access Yahoo.</div> <div> Some tips on the ID:</div> <div> -- apparently must start with lower case.</div> <div> -- start with a letter.</div> <div> -- can use an underscore, but no spaces or other special characters.</div> <bR> <div> You'll fill in a LOT of information and if the ID you pick is unavailable, the system will suggest some or you can try again to pick your own. Once you get entirely through the ID process you can log in with that ID (and password) and it will show all the groups you are subscribed to. </div> <bR> <div> You're done. The system should take you right back to your group, but if not, then navigate back to the group (www.yahoo.com/groups/group{groupname}  (replacing {groupname} with the name of the actual group)) and sign in. </div> <bR> <div> You may need to go back to the <A HREF="#id" TITLE="Contact Information"><U>top of these instructions</U></A> and go through the activation process.</div> <bR> <div> I hope that these instructions help someone. Yes, it IS confusing!</div> <bR> <div> Additional info may be found at:</div> <div> <A HREF="http://groups.yahoo.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://groups.yahoo.com/"><U>http://groups.yahoo.com/</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://help.yahoo.com/help/groups/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://help.yahoo.com/help/groups/"><U>http://help.yahoo.com/help/groups/</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/groups/groups-48.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/groups/gro"><U>http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/groups/groups-48.html</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/groups/groups-49.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/groups/gro"><U>http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/groups/groups-49.html</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/groups/mygroups/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/groups/myg"><U>http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/groups/mygroups/</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>