S.D. Tex. — Judge John D. Rainey: Trial procedures

High confidence· verified September 26, 2026Judge PreferencesUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, procedures published by Judge John D. Rainey (PROCEDURES) — sha256-hashed 2026-09-26

Summary

4 verbatim chambers requirements from Judge John D. Rainey's published procedures (trial procedures).

Applies to

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

Source of truth

A trial will not be continued because of the unavailability of a witness.

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-vision-2026-09-26

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-26 from what the judge's own official page (https://www.txs.uscourts.gov/page/district-magistrate-judges-procedures-schedules) and the court's procedure pages publish for the judge: https://www.txs.uscourts.gov/sites/txs/files/2018.4.16.JDR%20Updated%20Proc%20Manual.pdf (sha256 5259dce0da56, scanned PDF without a reliable text layer, 7 pages, transcribed by eye from the page images in two passes, 0 second-pass corrections). 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.

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