Montgomery County Courthouse located in Conroe. The Texas Constitution provides that the court shall conduct its proceedings at the county seat of the county in which each case is pending, except as otherwise provided by law. Tex. Const. art. V. § 7. Neither the mental processes of a judge nor the task of signing orders on motions is a proceeding that must occur from the county seat. See Whatley v. Walker, 302 S.W.3d 314, 325 (Tex.App.-Houston [14th Dist.] 2009, pet. denied); Burns v. Bishop, 48 S.W.3d 459, 465 (Tex.App.-Houston [14th Dist.] 2001, no pet.). Judge Underwood’s action in summarily denying the First Motion did not constitute a proceeding under article V, section 7 of the Texas Constitution that needed to be carried out from the county seat. See Whatley, 302 S.W.3d at 325 (<HOLDING>). Judge Underwood’s action in considering the
holding that action of judge assigned to hear a motion to recuse in signing an order denying the motion was not a proceeding required to be carried out from in the county seat holding that the trial judge did not err by denying a motion to recuse that alleged in part that a defendant had previously worked on the judges election campaigns holding that where appellant moved to recuse trial judge from deciding the motion for new trial the judge of the administrative district was required to designate a judge to hear the recusal motion holding an appeal may be taken from an order denying a motion to compel arbitration holding that an order denying a motion to vacate a  1782 order and denying a motion to quash the subpoena was immediately appealable