FILED
December 16, 2025
CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS Alicia Davis
BY: ________________________________
AUSTIN DIVISION DEPUTY
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IN RE: COURT DOCKET §
MANAGEMENT §
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FOR AUSTIN DIVISION §
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MAGISTRATE REFERRAL ORDER
Under Rule 1 of the Local Rules for the Assignment of Duties to United States Magistrate
Judges, Appendix C of the Local Court Rules of the United States District Court for the Western
District of Texas, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall refer all civil
matters assigned to the Honorable Alan D Albright to a United States Magistrate Judge for the
Austin Division, allocated pursuant to the Clerk of the Court’s standard procedure, except the
following:
• Cases brought under 28 U.S.C. §§ 2254 and 2255;
• Cases brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, except for immigration habeas petitions with a
nature of suit code 463;
• Cases brought by detainees and prisoners under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Bivens v. Six
Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 430 U.S. 388 (1971);
• Cases brought under 35 U.S.C. § 1 et seq. (patent cases);
• Cases designated as “830 Patent” and “835 Patent (ANDA)”; and
• Cases that include ex parte applications for temporary restraining orders.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall refer all criminal matters
for the Austin Division assigned to the Honorable Alan D Albright to a United States Magistrate
Judge for the Austin Division, allocated pursuant to the Clerk of the Court’s standard procedure.
The matters are referred 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).
SIGNED this 16th day of December, 2025.
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