IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
STANDING ORDER REQUIRING NOTICE OF
RELEVANT DETERMINATIONS FROM RELATED PROCEEDINGS IN
CASES ASSIGNED TO UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE RODNEY GILSTRAP
WHEREAS, a current and complete record is necessary to ensure the accuracy of this
Court’s rulings; and
WHEREAS, Counsel appearing before this Court, as officers of this Court, have an
affirmative duty of Candor with the Court and opposing parties;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Court recognizes that in certain cases, a party in a case
presently before this Court may be a party to other proceedings elsewhere that are factually
related to motions before this Court in the present case. Additionally, the Court recognizes that
these other proceedings may result in determinations that are directly relevant to a motion before
this Court. Consequently, IT IS ORDERED THAT, once a party in a case presently before this
Court becomes aware of a determination elsewhere from a related proceeding by an adjudicating
body that the party reasonably believes is materially relevant to a pending motion before this
Court, that party shall promptly provide notice of such relevant determination and identification
of the related motion(s) by filing a formal notice with the Court within three (3) days.
By way of example only, and not limitation, should a party to a pending motion for stay
before this Court that is based on a petition for Inter Partes Review, Covered Business Method
Review, or Post Grant Review learn of a decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
(“PTAB”) granting or denying the petition upon which the request for stay has been made, that
party should notify this Court within three (3) days of learning of the same.
This Standing Order supplements but does not supersede the Rules of Practice for Cases
before the Eastern District of Texas.
SIGNED this 19th day of December, 2011.
So ORDERED and SIGNED this 28th day of May, 2015.
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RODNEY GILSTRAP
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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