Books, pop culture, legal stuff, sports, and adventures in weird Texas. Oxford comma fan. Reads promiscuously. 👩‍⚖️ Dallas County Court at Law No. 2.https://bsky.app/profile/melissabellan.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/melissabellan.bsky.social/post/3lvj4nfyag22qIt’s just like a rural hotel tacks a casino on right after gambling is legalized.03 Aug 2025 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:laf5xtj23psrtzf57lntn4qi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvj4nfyag22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/melissabellan.bsky.social/post/3lvj2u7c2js2gI feel like I’ve been reading All the Colors of the Dark for 3 weeks. But today I will finish it and move on!03 Aug 2025 16:08 +0000at://did:plc:laf5xtj23psrtzf57lntn4qi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvj2u7c2js2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/melissabellan.bsky.social/post/3lshdr7wdvc2kHey friends. We’re rolling out electronic order signing. That means I will not sign orders that do not meet the court’s requirements. I can’t just interlineate the same error for the 10,000th time in your form anymore. You have to fix it and refile.25 Jun 2025 19:27 +0000at://did:plc:laf5xtj23psrtzf57lntn4qi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lshdr7wdvc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/melissabellan.bsky.social/post/3ls2zq23sas2fJury services at George Allen will resume to normal next week.20 Jun 2025 21:55 +0000at://did:plc:laf5xtj23psrtzf57lntn4qi/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls2zq23sas2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/melissabellan.bsky.social/post/3lrwnee6e322kCheerleader shows always make me cry.19 Jun 2025 04:03 +0000at://did:plc:laf5xtj23psrtzf57lntn4qi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrwnee6e322khttps://bsky.app/profile/melissabellan.bsky.social/post/3lruzfyih7k2rJust a reminder that Dallas County, including the courts, will be closed tomorrow to celebrate Juneteenth.18 Jun 2025 12:34 +0000at://did:plc:laf5xtj23psrtzf57lntn4qi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lruzfyih7k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/melissabellan.bsky.social/post/3lrtrwu2yhs22Love Island should do a new kind of heart rate challenge to show the response to someone crashing out.18 Jun 2025 00:47 +0000at://did:plc:laf5xtj23psrtzf57lntn4qi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrtrwu2yhs22https://bsky.app/profile/melissabellan.bsky.social/post/3lrquqzqdgc2iJury services are cancelled at the George Allen Courthouse ONLY for the rest of the week. All other courts’ jury summons and cases will move forward as noticed.16 Jun 2025 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:laf5xtj23psrtzf57lntn4qi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrquqzqdgc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/melissabellan.bsky.social/post/3lrpxfdefvk2mAll jury panels are cancelled at the George Allen Courthouse today. I’ll keep you posted if we cancel tomorrow’s panels as well.16 Jun 2025 12:14 +0000at://did:plc:laf5xtj23psrtzf57lntn4qi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrpxfdefvk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/melissabellan.bsky.social/post/3lrjqu3a5bs23Many weekends I think “only a new Love Island UK binge can fix this.” This weekend it can!14 Jun 2025 01:01 +0000at://did:plc:laf5xtj23psrtzf57lntn4qi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrjqu3a5bs23https://bsky.app/profile/melissabellan.bsky.social/post/3lrjfplckgs2pSomeone restrain me from the bookstore. I cannot govern myself accordingly.13 Jun 2025 21:42 +0000at://did:plc:laf5xtj23psrtzf57lntn4qi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrjfplckgs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/melissabellan.bsky.social/post/3lr7tc7kf3s2uThere’s not an ice cream flavor for this.10 Jun 2025 02:18 +0000at://did:plc:laf5xtj23psrtzf57lntn4qi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr7tc7kf3s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/melissabellan.bsky.social/post/3lqv3dsfpr22zY’all are missing the chaos!05 Jun 2025 19:43 +0000at://did:plc:laf5xtj23psrtzf57lntn4qi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqv3dsfpr22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/melissabellan.bsky.social/post/3lqqcshkkxk2oI’m still occasionally entertained on the bad place because their favorite AI sometimes answers honestly.03 Jun 2025 22:13 +0000at://did:plc:laf5xtj23psrtzf57lntn4qi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqqcshkkxk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/melissabellan.bsky.social/post/3lqpksrudi22rBig news for you @yooty.bsky.social! You won!03 Jun 2025 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:laf5xtj23psrtzf57lntn4qi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqpksrudi22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/melissabellan.bsky.social/post/3lql2t6d6ss2kThe upgrade seems be going well. 🤞🤞🤞 Please keep in mind that, even if everything goes perfectly, the clerks will have a backlog so it will take a few days to get completely caught up again. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Jun 2025 20:07 +0000at://did:plc:laf5xtj23psrtzf57lntn4qi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lql2t6d6ss2khttps://bsky.app/profile/melissabellan.bsky.social/post/3lqge74mbac2oHow did I not know there are new episodes of 100 Foot Wave!?!30 May 2025 23:11 +0000at://did:plc:laf5xtj23psrtzf57lntn4qi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqge74mbac2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/melissabellan.bsky.social/post/3lqdpk74nrs2kNew hobby just dropped. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 May 2025 21:56 +0000at://did:plc:laf5xtj23psrtzf57lntn4qi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqdpk74nrs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/melissabellan.bsky.social/post/3lqd5mzfmv22rDallas county lawyers: The court management software system will be updated over the weekend. No filings will be processed after 1:30pm Friday until the system comes back up on Monday. You can still efile, it just won’t be processed or accepted until next week.29 May 2025 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:laf5xtj23psrtzf57lntn4qi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqd5mzfmv22r