FILED
May 30, 2024
CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT Toni Appelt
BY: ________________________________
DEPUTY
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
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ORDER ASSIGNING THE BUSINESS OF THE COURT AS IT RELATES TO
PATENT CASES
I. ASSIGMENT OF PATENT CASES IN THE WACO DIVISION
Upon consideration of the volume of new patent cases assigned to the Waco Division, and in an
effort to equitably distribute those cases, it is hereby ORDERED that, in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 137,
all civil cases involving patents (Nature of Suit Codes 830 and 835), filed in the Waco Division
on or after May 30, 2024, shall be randomly assigned to the following district judges of this
Court until further order of the Court.
Chief U.S. District Judge Alia Moses, Del Rio Division
U.S. District Judge Fred Biery, San Antonio Division
U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia, San Antonio Division
U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone, El Paso Division
U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez, San Antonio Division
U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman, Austin Division
U.S. District Judge David Counts, Midland/Odessa and Pecos Divisions
U.S. District Judge Alan Albright, Waco Division
U.S. District Judge Jason Pulliam, San Antonio Division
U.S. District Judge Leon Schydlower, El Paso Division
U.S. District Judge Ernest Gonzalez, Del Rio Division
Senior U.S. District Judge David Ezra, San Antonio Division
II. RELATED CASES
Parties seeking to consolidate patent cases contending all cases are related shall file a motion with
sufficient legal and factual justification in the court and with the judge presiding over the case sought to
be removed.
SIGNED and ENTERED on this 30th day of May 2024.
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ALIA MOSES
Chief United States District Judge
