15 verbatim chambers requirements from Judge Andrew S. Hanen's published procedures (filing).
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.
Electronic filings shall be in accordance with Administrative Procedures for Electronic Filing in Civil and Criminal Cases.
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). 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.
A 2013 standing order requiring attorneys to e-file family-law and civil documents (no paper filings accepted) as the court began compliance with the Supreme Court's e-filing mandate; criminal filing unchanged.
A 2013 standing order requiring attorneys to e-file family-law and civil documents (no paper filings accepted) as the court began compliance with the Supreme Court's e-filing mandate; criminal filing unchanged.
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