Western District of Texas Filing Timing and Cure Windows

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Civil cases

The parties must file a motion to enter an agreed Scheduling Order two weeks after the CMC, generally tracking the attached model schedule.

Two weeks after the CMC: the parties shall file a motion to enter an agreed Scheduling Order that generally tracks the model schedule attached as Exhibit A.

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Civil cases

(a) within seven days after the Defendant (or at least one Defendant among a group of related Defendants sued together) responds to the initial pleadings in cases where there are no CRSR Related Cases; or (b) when there are CRSR Related Cases, within seven days after the last Defendant (or last Defendant group when at least one Defendant among the group has responded) among the CRSR Related Cases responds to the initial pleadings.

Summary: The parties must jointly file the CRSR within seven days after the applicable defendant or defendant group responds to the initial pleadings.

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Civil cases

Deadline

1 calendar days ?

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.

Summary: Parties must notify the Court of settlement before 5:00 p.m. the day before jury selection; late notification may result in a $5,000 penalty.

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Criminal cases

It is Judge Farrer’s view that once such matters are submitted electronically to the Court, they cannot be withdrawn, amended, or revised without reflecting such on the docket.

Summary: Ex parte criminal submissions cannot be withdrawn, amended, or revised without a corresponding docket entry.

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Civil cases

Absent agreement of the parties, the Plaintiff shall be responsible for the timely submission of this and other joint filings.

Summary: If the parties do not agree, the Plaintiff is responsible for timely submitting the Scheduling Order motion and other joint filings.

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Criminal cases

It is ORDERED that the Clerk is DIRECTED to place on the docket any such submission once it has been reviewed, approved, and signed by Judge Farrer.

Summary: Clerk must docket ex parte criminal submissions after review, approval, and signature by Judge Farrer.

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Criminal cases

if any such submission is rejected as deficient by the Clerk’s Office or is not approved by Judge Farrer for any subsequent amended, altered, or revised submission(s). If a matter requiring the Court’s signature is replaced by a subsequent submission before it is approved and signed by Judge Farrer, the superseded submission SHALL be placed on the docket with an appropriate docket designation reflecting that it has been rejected as deficient by the Clerk’s Office, withdrawn, superseded, or amended.

Summary: Rejected or superseded ex parte criminal submissions must be docketed with a designation indicating the reason (rejected, withdrawn, superseded, or amended).

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Civil cases

The parties should do so seasonably upon identifying any such material.

Summary: Parties should amend preliminary contentions seasonably after identifying new material.

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Civil cases

Requests for attorney’s fees or expense reimbursement must be filed within 30 days of entry of judgment.

All requests for payment of attorney's fees or reimbursement of expenses in civil cases must be filed not later than 30 days of the entry of the judgment.

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Civil cases

An appointed attorney who withdraws or is dismissed before judgment must file a payment or reimbursement request within 30 days of withdrawal or dismissal.

In cases in which an appointed attorney has withdrawn or has been dismissed prior to entry of judgment, that attorney shall file a request for payment of attorney's fees or reimbursement of expenses not later than 30 days of withdrawal or dismissal.

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Civil cases

Deadline

3 business days

The responding party must provide its email response within three business days.

The responding party has three business days⁵ to provide an email response, also not to exceed 500 words for one issue or 1,000 words for multiple issues.

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Civil cases

A motion to transfer must be filed by the later of three weeks after the CMC or eight weeks after receiving or waiving service of the Complaint.

Any motion to transfer must be filed within three weeks after the CMC or within eight weeks of receiving or waiving service of the Complaint, whichever is later.

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Civil cases

The Defendant’s reply is due two weeks after the response is filed.

The deadline for the Defendant's Reply is two weeks after the filing of the response.

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Civil cases

The Reply to a motion to transfer is due 14 days after the Response.

3. Reply – 5 pages, due 14 days after the Response

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Civil cases

When a Markman hearing is postponed under the OGP, fact discovery begins one day after the hearing’s originally scheduled date.

Whenever a Markman hearing is postponed pursuant to this OGP, fact discovery will begin one day after the originally scheduled Markman hearing date.

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Civil cases

The Plaintiff must update AO 120 with relevant case changes within 10 days of any new changes.

4. Within 10 days of any new changes relevant to AO 120 (Report on the Filing or Determination of an Action Regarding a Patent or Trademark), the Plaintiff must update the form with any new changes to the case, such as amended complaints or new claims.

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Civil cases

Deadline

3 business days

Within three business days after the sur-reply is submitted, parties must submit the Joint Claim Construction Statement and email an editable copy to the law clerks.

3 business days after submission of sur-reply | Parties submit Joint Claim Construction Statement and email the law clerks an editable copy.

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Civil cases

From the specified date, parties must file notice of changes to asserted patents or claims within seven days, including a complete listing; when leave is required, the seven-day period begins when leave is granted.

From this date onwards, the parties are obligated to notify the Court of any changes to the asserted patents or claims. Such notification shall be filed on the docket within seven days of the change and shall include a complete listing of all asserted patents and claims. If a change to the asserted patents or claims requires leave of court, notification shall not be required until the Court grants leave, at which point the notification must be filed within seven days.

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Civil cases

Deadline

60 calendar days

Proposed jury questionnaires must be provided at least 60 days before trial and may contain no more than 20 questions.

Yes. The proposed questionnaire must be provided no later than 60 days prior to trial. Questionnaires are limited to twenty questions.

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Civil cases

Deadline

14 calendar days

At least 14 days before the final pretrial conference, counsel must provide the Courtroom Deputy copies of depositions to be used as exhibits and submit page-and-line designations, except for impeachment-only use.

At least fourteen days prior to the final pretrial conference, counsel must provide Magda Muzza, the Courtroom Deputy, with a copy of all depositions to be used as exhibits. Counsel must submit to the Court designation by reference to page and line of the testimony to be offered (except those to be used for impeachment only).

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Deadline

45 calendar days

The parties must submit the Appendix A joint memorandum within 45 days after any defendant appears.

Pursuant to Local Rule CV-16(a), the parties shall submit a joint memorandum prescribed by Appendix A to this Order within forty-five (45) days after the appearance of any defendant.

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Covered joinder, class-certification, and pleading-amendment motions must be filed within 60 days of the earliest listed event; a defendant may file a third-party complaint within 14 days after serving an answer.

All motions relating to joinder of parties, claims or remedies, class certification, and amendment of the pleadings shall be filed within sixty (60) days after the earlier of the serving of the answer, the filing of a notice of removal, the filing of a motion to dismiss, or the transfer of an action from another judicial district, except that a defendant may file a third-party complaint within fourteen (14) days of serving an answer, as permitted by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 14(a).

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Motions to dismiss based on the pleadings must be filed within 90 days of the earliest listed event.

All motions to dismiss based on the pleadings shall be filed within ninety (90) days of the earlier of the serving of the complaint, the filing of a petition for removal, or the transfer of an action from another judicial district.

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Unless the Court orders otherwise, discovery must be completed within six months after the Rule 26(f) Conference.

Unless otherwise ordered, discovery shall be completed within six (6) months of the Rule 26(f) Conference.

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Unless the Court orders otherwise, summary-judgment motions must be filed within one month after the discovery deadline.

Unless otherwise ordered, all motions for summary judgment shall be filed within one month after the discovery deadline.

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Civil cases

Removing parties must electronically supplement the record within 14 days with all state-court pleadings and the complete state-court file, including the docket sheet.

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1447(b) and the Fact Sheet for Judge Xavier Rodriguez (available at https://www.txwd.uscourts.gov), if not already done, the removing party(ies) shall, within fourteen days of this Order, supplement the record with all state court pleadings. The supplement is to be filed electronically and shall include a copy of the complete file, including the docket sheet, in this cause from the court from which this case was removed.

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Civil cases

If citizenship has not been properly pleaded, the removing party must amend or supplement the notice of removal within 14 days of the Order.

The removing party shall ensure that they have properly pled the citizenship of all parties in this case as outlined below, and shall file an amended notice of removal or supplement their original notice of removal within 14 days of this Order if they have not.

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Civil cases

The removing party must submit an advisory answering the listed questions within seven days.

SUBMIT AN ADVISORY TO THE COURT WITH ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS WITHIN 7 DAYS:

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Civil cases

Plaintiffs must move to remand based on procedural defects within 30 days after the notice of removal is filed.

Plaintiff(s) must file a motion to remand based on any procedural defects in removal within thirty days of the filing of the Notice of Removal. 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c).

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Civil cases

Deadline

30 calendar days

The parties must submit a dismissal stipulation or agreed dismissal order within 30 days after filing the Notice of Settlement or before trial, whichever is sooner, unless the Court extends the date on motion or directs otherwise.

Additionally, the parties must submit a stipulation of dismissal or an agreed order of dismissal within 30 days of the date the Notice of Settlement was filed or before the trial date, whichever is sooner, unless that date is extended by the Court upon motion, or the Court directs otherwise.

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Civil cases

Deadline

14 calendar days

Unless the Court orders otherwise, the required pretrial information must be filed at least 14 days before jury selection.

Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, the parties shall file the information required by Local Court Rule CV-16(e)-(f) no later than fourteen (14) days prior to the date of jury selection.

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Civil cases

No party may file any motion, except for a motion in limine, after this date without a showing of good cause.

Summary: No motions may be filed after the deadline except motions in limine, unless good cause is shown.

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Civil cases

Deadline

7 calendar days ?

Within seven days of a discovery hearing, the parties shall email a Joint Proposed Order to the Court's law clerk including the parties' positions from their dispute chart, the parties' requested relief, and the parties' understanding of the Court's ruling so that the arguments and outcome can be docketed.

Summary: The joint proposed order must be emailed to the Court’s law clerk within seven days after the discovery hearing.

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Civil cases

Deadline

20 calendar days ?

The time to respond to such discovery requests is reduced to 20 days.

Summary: Responses to venue or jurisdictional discovery requests are due within 20 days.

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Civil cases

Deadline

10 calendar days ?

Venue or jurisdictional discovery automatically opens upon the filing of an initial venue or jurisdictional motion and shall be completed no later than 10 weeks after the filing of such motions.

Summary: Venue or jurisdictional discovery opens automatically when an initial venue or jurisdictional motion is filed and must be completed within 10 weeks of filing.

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Civil cases

Thereafter, a movant must show good cause for any delay and seek leave of court.

Summary: After the filing deadline, a movant must show good cause for delay and seek leave of court.

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Civil cases

The deadline for the Plaintiff's Response is two weeks after the completion of venue or jurisdictional discovery.

Summary: The Plaintiff’s response to a motion to transfer is due two weeks after venue or jurisdictional discovery is completed.

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Civil cases

2. Response – 15 pages, due 14 days after the completion of venue or jurisdictional discovery if conducted; otherwise, 14 days after the Complaint

Summary: The Response to a motion to transfer is due 14 days after venue or jurisdictional discovery is completed, if conducted, or otherwise 14 days after the Complaint.

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Civil cases

Under this agreement, the patent owner may re-plead those ===== PAGE 6 ===== allegations within three months after fact discovery opens, and the parties agree to permit fact discovery on indirect and willful infringement during those three months.

Summary: The patent owner may re-plead the allegations within three months after fact discovery opens, and fact discovery on those allegations is permitted during that period.

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Civil cases

Deadline

5 business days ?

The parties shall file a Joint Report within five business days regarding the results of the meet and confer.

Summary: The parties must file a Joint Report about the meet-and-confer results within five business days.

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Civil cases

Additionally, the parties should meet, confer, and submit a joint proposed set of jury instructions and verdict forms two weeks before the scheduled pretrial conference or trial if a pretrial conference is not set.

Summary: The parties should confer and submit joint proposed jury instructions and verdict forms two weeks before the pretrial conference or, if none is set, before trial.

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Civil cases

One week before the scheduled pretrial conference or trial if a pretrial conference is not set, the parties must submit their objections to any witness, deposition testimony, exhibit, or motion in limine.

Summary: The parties must submit objections to witnesses, deposition testimony, exhibits, or motions in limine one week before the pretrial conference or, if none is set, before trial.

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Civil cases

Deadline

7 calendar days ?

Objections to those portions (citing pages and lines) with supporting authority must be filed at least 7 days prior to the final pretrial conference.

Summary: Objections to deposition-designated portions must be filed at least seven days before the final pretrial conference.

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Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(d), discovery may not commence until the parties have conferred as required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f) and Local Rule 16, but the parties may commence formal discovery immediately after conferring without awaiting entry of the Court's Scheduling Order.

Summary: Discovery cannot begin before the required conference, but formal discovery may begin immediately after the conference without waiting for the Scheduling Order.

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Deadline

14 calendar days ?

You must file your response papers with the Clerk of the Court and mail a copy to the defendant's counsel within fourteen (14) days of the filing of the defendant's motion with the Clerk of the Court.

Summary: Pro se litigants must file response papers with the Clerk and mail a copy to defense counsel within 14 days after the motion is filed.

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Civil cases

Deadline

11 calendar days ?

An objection to the reliability of an expert's proposed testimony under Federal Rule of Evidence 702 shall be made by motion, specifically stating the basis for the objection and identifying the objectionable testimony, within 11 days from the receipt of the written report of the expert's proposed testimony, or within 11 days from the completion of the expert's deposition, if a deposition is taken, whichever is later.

Summary: Daubert motions must be filed within 11 days of receiving expert report or within 11 days of expert deposition, whichever is later.

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Civil cases

The Court may impose sanctions under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(f) if the parties do not make timely submissions under this order.

Summary: Court may impose sanctions under FRCP 16(f) for untimely submissions under this order.

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Civil cases

If the parties settle their case, counsel shall promptly file a Notice of Settlement.

Summary: If the parties settle, counsel must promptly file a Notice of Settlement.

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Civil cases

Deadline

7 calendar days ?

Jury questionnaires should be provided by a motion for leave filed at least seven days before the trial commences.

Summary: A motion for leave to use jury questionnaires must be filed at least seven days before trial.

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Civil cases

If a motion to transfer remains pending, the Court will either promptly resolve the pending motion before the Markman hearing or postpone the hearing.

Summary: If a motion to transfer remains pending, the Court will resolve it before the Markman hearing or postpone the hearing.

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Civil cases

Deadline

30 calendar days ?

Failure to submit a proposed scheduling order within the Court’s thirty (30) day deadline will result in the Court issuing its own order.

Summary: If the parties do not submit a proposed scheduling order within the Court’s 30-day deadline, the Court will issue its own order.

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The filing of a motion to dismiss will not result in an automatic stay of discovery or extend the time for completing discovery.

Summary: Filing a motion to dismiss does not automatically stay discovery or extend the discovery-completion deadline.