Sixth Judicial District and Magistrate Courts Closed Feb. 6 for Conference

All Sixth Judicial District and Magistrate Courts in Bayard, Silver City, Lordsburg and Deming will be closed Friday, February 6, 2026, for a mandatory districtwide conference, a public notice posted January 31, 2026 states. Courts are scheduled to reopen Monday, February 9, 2026 at 8:00 a.m.

“PUBLIC NOTICE OF CLOSURE: All Sixth Judicial District and Magistrate Courts – in Bayard, Silver City, Lordsburg, and Deming – will be closed on Friday, February 6, 2026, for a mandatory districtwide conference. Courts will reopen on Monday, February 9, 2026 at 8:00 a.m.”

The notice was carried verbatim by a local outlet and appears to be the official public announcement of the one-day suspension of normal court operations in the Fourth and Sixth-District footprint. The announcement gives no additional details about the conference agenda, which judges or staff will participate, or whether any limited emergency court functions will remain available during the closure.

For Hidalgo County residents, the closure will be most immediately felt by people with business at the Deming and Lordsburg locations named in the notice. The announcement does not say whether hearings scheduled for Friday, Feb. 6 will be continued or reassigned, nor does it explain how litigants or attorneys will be notified of any calendar changes. Parties with pending deadlines, probation appointments, or filings due that week should confirm status with court administration before Feb. 6 when possible.

The public notice was posted Jan. 31, 2026 and duplicated on a regional news site that also carried routine site navigation and classifieds information, including an editor contact for that site: editor@grantcountybeat.com. A separate list of past court closures maintained by a state court administrative source includes an unrelated historical entry reading “6th Judicial District Court (3/22/22).” That 2022 listing appears to be a historical item and is not linked to the Feb. 6, 2026 closing in the current notice.

Districtwide conferences are common administrative events that temporarily pause routine services while judges and staff attend training, planning or policy meetings. Still, the lack of information about emergency coverage or calendar adjustments means residents should not assume normal services will be available on Feb. 6.

What this means for readers: if you have a scheduled appearance, filing deadline, or an urgent legal matter around Feb. 6, verify your court date and deadlines with the Sixth Judicial District clerk as soon as possible. Courts will resume normal hours Monday, Feb. 9 at 8:00 a.m., when in-person services are expected to resume.