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E.D. Tex. — Judge Rodney Gilstrap: Hearings & scheduling

High confidence· verified September 26, 2026Judge PreferencesUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, procedures published by Judge Rodney Gilstrap (FIRST AMENDED STANDING ORDER ON MOTIONS IN LIMINE IN NON-PATENT CIVIL CASES; SECOND AMENDED STANDING ORDER ON MOTIONS IN LIMINE IN CASES INVOLVING ALLEGATION; STANDING ORDER REGARDING MOCK JURIES FOR CASES ASSIGNED TO JUDGE RODNEY GILSTRAP; STANDING ORDER REGARDING MOTIONS UNDER 35 U.S.C. § 101 AND ACCOMPANYING CERTIFIC; STANDING ORDER REGARDING PROPER NOTIFICATION OF SETTLEMENT TO THE COURT; STANDING ORDER REGARDING PROTECTION OF PROPRIETARY AND/OR CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATI; STANDING ORDER REGARDING READINESS FOR SCHEDULING CONFERENCE (Marshall Division); STANDING ORDER REGARDING SUBJECT MATTER ELIGIBILITY CONTENTIONS APPLICABLE TO AL; STANDING ORDER REGARDING THE USE OF LIVE TESTIMONY DURING CLAIM CONSTRUCTION PRO; STANDING ORDER REGARDING USE OF JUROR QUESTIONNAIRES IN ADVANCE OF VOIR DIRE (Re; STANDING ORDER REGARDING “MEET AND CONFER” OBLIGATIONS RELATING TO DISCOVERY DIS) — sha256-hashed 2026-09-26

Summary

15 verbatim chambers requirements from Judge Rodney Gilstrap's published procedures (hearings & scheduling).

Applies to

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas — Judge Rodney Gilstrap's cases only. Chambers procedures change without notice; the judge's own published document controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.

Source of truth

For patent cases, the notice shall also include: (1) a list of any related cases previously filed in the Eastern District of Texas involving the same patent or patents; (2) the patent numbers for this case and any related case; and (3) the dates of any future Markman Hearing and/or Trial for related cases.

Official source: E.D. Tex. — Rules & Orders (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas)
Source health: Healthy · checked October 4, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: September 26, 2026benchpath-judge-procedures-federal-tx-2026-09-26

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-26 from what the judge's own official page (https://www.txed.uscourts.gov/?q=judge/district-judge-rodney-gilstrap) and the court's procedure pages publish for the judge: https://www.txed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/judgeFiles/12-20-11%20Standing%20Order%20%20re%20Readiness%20for%20Scheduling%20Conference.pdf (sha256 108e98c82649, pdf, 1 pages); https://www.txed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/judgeFiles/Standing_Order._settlement_notice.pdf (sha256 9aceb97927f5, pdf, 1 pages); https://www.txed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/judgeFiles/Standing_Order_--_Testimony_in_Claim_Construction_Proceedings.pdf (sha256 badbca55e46a, pdf, 2 pages); https://www.txed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/judgeFiles/Standing_Order_Regarding_Motions_Under_35_USC_101.pdf (sha256 05456f1f0e77, pdf, 3 pages); https://www.txed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/judgeFiles/RG%20-%20Standing_Order_--_Mock_Juries_0.pdf (sha256 01fec3321c53, pdf, 2 pages); https://www.txed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/judgeFiles/2016-06-02_Standing_Order_Regarding_Protection_of_Proprietary_Information.pdf (sha256 5e8f460a6387, scanned PDF without a reliable text layer, 4 pages, transcribed by eye from the page images in two passes, 0 second-pass corrections); https://www.txed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/judgeFiles/Standing%20Order%20Regarding%20Meet%20and%20Confer%20Obligations%20for%20Discovery%20Dispute.pdf (sha256 f2a421d968d0, pdf, 3 pages); https://www.txed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/judgeFiles/EDTX%20Standing%20Order%20Re%20Subject%20Matter%20Eligibility%20Contentions%20.pdf (sha256 204cf9e2699c, pdf, 2 pages); https://www.txed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/judgeFiles/Standing%20Order%20Regarding%20the%20Use%20of%20Juror%20Questionnaires%20in%20Advance%20of%20Voir%20Dire%20rev.%203.21.pdf (sha256 ed17590a9f81, pdf, 7 pages); https://www.txed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/judgeFiles/12.23.25%20Second%20Amended%20Patent%20Standing%20Limine%20Order.pdf (sha256 e99deb8ec237, pdf, 4 pages); https://www.txed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/judgeFiles/8.22.25%20First%20Amended%20Non-Patent%20Standing%20Limine%20Order.pdf (sha256 fd5db55a73cd, pdf, 3 pages). Whole sentences with mandatory language, verbatim, whitespace normalised only; grouped by topic as the Florida federal lane (2026-09-14). Custody: BenchPath's private custody store. Documents without a reliable text layer were transcribed by eye from their page images (vision lane, two passes; BenchPath's private custody store); a sentence with any illegible word is not published. Corrected 2026-09-26: the Texas lane's extractor had published a sentence cut at a semicolon (a list stem with only its first item, or a clause whose sentence continued) or a recital; such a sentence now publishes whole -- through the end of the enumeration, verbatim -- or not at all.