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1 verbatim chambers requirement from Judge Fernando Rodriguez, Jr.'s published procedures (mediation & settlement).
United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas — Judge Fernando Rodriguez, Jr.'s cases only. Chambers procedures change without notice; the judge's own published document controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
If a potential conflict of interest exists between the parent(s)/guardian(s) and the minor, counsel will jointly move to appoint an attorney ad litem prior to any mediation or other Alternative Dispute Resolution procedure.
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). 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.
1 verbatim mandatory provision from 13-16-s.
2 verbatim mandatory provisions from 15-41-s.
43 verbatim mandatory provisions from 07-33-s.
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