S.D. Tex. — Judge Fernando Rodriguez, Jr.: Chambers procedures

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Parties should not present substantive issues by mail to the Court, as the letter may not be docketed or included in the record.

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S.D. Tex. — Local & Federal Rules (U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas)

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Healthy · checked October 4, 2026

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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/page/united-states-district-judge-fernando-rodriguez-jr) and the court's procedure pages publish for the judge: https://www.txs.uscourts.gov/sites/txs/files/F_Rodriguez_Civil_Local_Rules.pdf (sha256 e7dd207a4190, pdf, 19 pages); https://www.txs.uscourts.gov/sites/txs/files/F%20Rodriguez%20Criminal%20Local%20Rules%20%28FINAL%20-%204-5-2019%29.docx (sha256 ccb16d112db7, docx, - pages); https://www.txs.uscourts.gov/sites/txs/files/F%20Rodriguez%20Criminal%20Local%20Rules%20%28FINAL%20-%204-5-2019%29.pdf (sha256 ab6584a0de04, pdf, 14 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.