FILED
August 18, 2021
CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT
COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT J Galindo-Beaver
BY: ________________________________
DEPUTY
OF TEXAS WACO DIVISION
SECOND AMENDED STANDING ORDER REGARDING MOTIONS FOR
INTER-DISTRICT TRANSFER
Henceforth, all parties who have filed motion(s) for inter-district transfer are required to
provide the Court with a status report with respect to whether the motion(s) has been fully briefed and
ready for resolution no later than four weeks prior to the date of the Markman hearing 1 that is
scheduled in that case. In addition, if by one week before the Markman hearing the Court has not
ruled on any pending inter-district motion to transfer, the moving party is directed to email the
Court’s law clerk at the following address, and the technical advisor (when appointed),and indicate
that the motion to transfer is pending:
[email protected].
With respect to any parties who have such motion(s) pending at the time of the entry of this
Standing Order and a Markman hearing scheduled for a date that is less than 4 weeks from the date
of the entry of this Order, the Court ORDERS the party who has filed the motion to provide the
same status report as quickly as is reasonable, but in no case more than five business days after the
entry of this Order.
When there is a pending inter-district transfer, the Court will either promptly enter an order
resolving the pending motion(s) prior to the Markman hearing or it will postpone the Markman
hearing until it has had the opportunity to do so. The Court will not conduct a Markman hearing
until it has resolved the pending motion to transfer. Whenever a Markman hearing is postponed
pursuant to this Order, Fact Discovery will begin one day after the originally scheduled Markman
Hearing date.
1
To the extent there are multiple Markman hearings, the status report is due six weeks before the first scheduled
Markman hearing.
A motion for inter-district transfer may be filed within eight weeks of the scheduled date for
the Markman hearing only with a showing of good cause for any delay and leave of court.
SIGNED August 18, 2021.
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ALAN D ALBRIGHT
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
