FILED
December 09, 2025
CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT COURT
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS JGB
BY: ________________________________
WACO DIVISION DEPUTY
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IN RE: COURT DOCKET MANAGEMENT §
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FOR WACO 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 either United States
Magistrate Judge Dan MacLemore or United States Magistrate Judge Derek T. Gilliland, 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);”
• Cases that include ex parte applications for temporary restraining orders; and
• Appeals brough under 28 U.S.C. § 158(a) (appeals from Bankruptcy Court).
It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall refer all criminal matters assigned
to the Honorable Alan D Albright to either United States Magistrate Judge
Dan MacLemore or United States Magistrate Judge Derek T. Gilliland.
It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall refer all matters for Fort Hood to either
United States Magistrate Judge Dan MacLemore or United States Magistrate Judge Derek T.
Gilliland.
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 of recommendations on all case-dispositive motions as
provided in 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B).
SIGNED this 9th day of December, 2025.
