S.D. Tex. — Judge Andrew S. Hanen: Chambers procedures — TX · BenchPath

S.D. Tex. — Judge Andrew S. Hanen: Chambers procedures

High confidence· verified September 26, 2026Judge PreferencesUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, procedures published by Judge Andrew S. Hanen (APPENDIX “A” ORDER; APPENDIX “B” ORDER; APPENDIX “C” ORDER Courtroom Etiquette; CIVIL PROCEDURES; CRIMINAL PROCEDURES) — sha256-hashed 2026-09-26

Summary

63 verbatim chambers requirements from Judge Andrew S. Hanen's published procedures (chambers procedures).

Applies to

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

Source of truth

Unless pursuant to Section 8A, do not address substantive issues in letter form addressed to the Court because they may not be docketed or included in the appellate record.

Official source: S.D. Tex. — Local & Federal Rules (U.S. District Court, Southern 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.txs.uscourts.gov/content/united-states-district-judge-andrew-s-hanen-senior) and the court's procedure pages publish for the judge: https://www.txs.uscourts.gov/sites/txs/files/Civil_Procedures_2026.docx (sha256 fdedf18613dc, docx, - pages); https://www.txs.uscourts.gov/sites/txs/files/Civil_Procedures_2026.pdf (sha256 bfb48a634838, pdf, 58 pages); https://www.txs.uscourts.gov/sites/txs/files/Criminal%20Procedures%20%2810-2019%29.FINAL_.docx (sha256 084bd3dd76fa, docx, - pages); https://www.txs.uscourts.gov/sites/txs/files/Criminal%20Procedures%20%2810-2019%29.FINAL_.pdf (sha256 01ad42c9344b, pdf, 25 pages); https://www.txs.uscourts.gov/sites/txs/files/Appendix%20A%20Order.docx (sha256 8323badd8e30, docx, - pages); https://www.txs.uscourts.gov/sites/txs/files/Appendix%20A%20Order.pdf (sha256 221c6d219759, pdf, 3 pages); https://www.txs.uscourts.gov/sites/txs/files/Appendix%20B%20Order.docx (sha256 8107967450fb, docx, - pages); https://www.txs.uscourts.gov/sites/txs/files/Appendix%20B%20Order.pdf (sha256 0e7503a11687, pdf, 1 pages); https://www.txs.uscourts.gov/sites/txs/files/Appendix%20C%20Order.docx (sha256 c48de36584de, docx, - pages); https://www.txs.uscourts.gov/sites/txs/files/Appendix%20C%20Order.pdf (sha256 3c64a0eb7da7, pdf, 2 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. Regrouped 2026-09-26: the topic map's Mediation pattern matched 'mediate' inside words such as 'immediately', 'intermediate' and 'remediation', so sentences using those words were filed under Mediation & settlement; it now matches whole words only. The sentences are unchanged; only their topic page changed.