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.
If the parties resolve their dispute after 5:00 p.m. the day before jury selection or resolve their dispute earlier but fail to timely notify the Court, the parties may be assessed up to $5,000 for the lost opportunity to schedule other matters and to cover court costs like summoning the jury panel and paying the fees of the jury panel.
All dispositive motions shall be filed on or before ________________________ and shall be limited to 20 pages.
Responses shall be filed and served on all other parties not later than 14 days after the service of the motion and shall be limited to 20 pages.
Any replies shall be filed and served on all other parties not later than 7 days after the service of the response and shall be limited to 10 pages, but the Court need not wait for the reply before ruling on the motion.
The parties may modify the deadlines in this order by agreement, with the exception of the dispositive motions deadline, hearing dates, and trial date. Those dates are firm.
...the following matters shall be REFERRED to a United States Magistrate Judge for the Austin Division...(1) All cases brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2241, 2254..., 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). (2) Any case in which application to proceed in forma pauperis has been made...shall be referred to a United States Magistrate Judge...holding the initial pretrial conference, and any subsequent conferences as necessary, in a civil or miscellaneous matter is REFERRED to the United States Magistrate Judge assigned to the case...The referral ends after the scheduling order has been entered.