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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ☆ SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS

S.D. Tex. Standing Order (Andrew S Hanen Senior) · Andrew S Hanen Senior

APPENDIX “B” UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ☆ SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS HOUSTON DIVISION ORDER All Motions to Dismiss the Indictment, Motions to Sever or for Separate Trials, and any other motions, regardless of how styled, which challenge and/or collaterally attack a prior order of deportation [for example, those made pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241] shall be filed together with a request for a hearing at least thirty (30) days before jury selection. Each motion shall specifically state the grounds, therefore, and the alleged facts supporting those grounds. Non-specific form motions, multifarious motions or objections, and ambiguous or unsupported challenges shall not be acceptable, and all such motions will be denied. The motion shall be accompanied with a request for a hearing, certificate of conference, certificate of service, and proposed order. Failure to timely file such a motion, to request a hearing, or to comply with the requirement of specific and supported objections shall be considered a waiver of those claims. Signed this 31st day of October, 2019. ___________________________________ Andrew S. Hanen United States District Judge
Official source: https://www.txs.uscourts.gov/sites/txs/files/Appendix%20B%20Order.pdf · retrieved 2026-07-22