6 verbatim chambers requirements from Judge David C. Guaderrama's published procedures (hearings & scheduling).
United States District Court for the Western District of Texas — Judge David C. Guaderrama's cases only. Chambers procedures change without notice; the judge's own published document controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
However, if the parties have a legitimate dispute on which they cannot agree, they shall file a motion—in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54 and Local Court Rule CV-54—indicating their areas of disagreement, and the Court will set a hearing at which time LEAD TRIAL COUNSEL will be ORDERED to appear and explain why they have not been able to resolve their differences.
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-26 from what the judge's own official page (https://www.txwd.uscourts.gov/team/david-guaderrama/) and the court's procedure pages publish for the judge: https://www.txwd.uscourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Standing-Order-Regarding-Bill-of-Costs.pdf (sha256 eccdc325f903, scanned PDF without a reliable text layer, 7 pages, transcribed by eye from the page images in two passes, 2 second-pass corrections); https://www.txwd.uscourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Standing-Order-Regarding-Motions-for-Summary-Judgment-1.pdf (sha256 330bce964ed4, scanned PDF without a reliable text layer, 6 pages, transcribed by eye from the page images in two passes, 3 second-pass corrections); https://www.txwd.uscourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Standing-Order-to-Replead-in-Removal-Cases-061621.pdf (sha256 da0b9433e586, scanned PDF without a reliable text layer, 1 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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