All local rules for W.D. Tex., integrated with this judge's published requirements.
The final pretrial conference shall be attended by at least one of the attorneys who will conduct the trial for each of the parties and by any unrepresented parties. In addition to counsel, party representatives with authority to negotiate a settlement and all other persons necessary to negotiate a settlement shall attend the final status conference.
All dispositive motions shall be filed and served on all other parties on or before __________________________________ and shall be limited to ten (10) pages in length.
Responses shall be filed and served on all other parties within fourteen (14) days of the service of the motion and shall be limited to ten (10) pages in length.
Any replies shall be filed and served on all other parties within seven (7) days of the service of the response and shall be limited to five (5) pages in length, but the Court need not wait for the reply before ruling on the motion.
all motions and responses in opposition to motions filed in cases on the undersigned's docket, must be accompanied by a proposed order which shall be completely separate from all other papers
All cases brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2241, 2254 ... and 2255, as well as cases brought by federal prisoners and detainees challenging conditions of confinement, cases brought by prisoners pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and cases seeking judicial review of social security decisions, shall be assigned to a United States Magistrate Judge for the Austin Division for disposition of all non-dispositive pretrial matters as provided in 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A), and for findings and recommendations on all case-dispositive motions as provided in 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B).
Unless otherwise directed by the Court, a party may file no more than one motion for summary judgment, without first obtaining leave of court for good cause. Source ↗