W.D. Tex. — Judge David Counts: Case management

High confidence· verified September 26, 2026Case ManagementUnited States District Court for the Western District of Texas, procedures published by Judge David Counts (STANDING ORDER GOVERNING PATENT PROCEEDINGS (Midland/Odessa and Pecos Divisions;) — sha256-hashed 2026-09-26

Summary

3 verbatim chambers requirements from Judge David Counts's published procedures (case management).

Applies to

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

Source of truth

In all cases, the Markman hearing shall be initially scheduled for 23 weeks after the parties submit their proposed scheduling order to the Court.

Official source: W.D. Tex. — Local Court Rules (U.S. District Court, Western 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.txwd.uscourts.gov/team/david-counts/) and the court's procedure pages publish for the judge: https://www.txwd.uscourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Standing-Order-Governing-Patent-Proceedings-080222.pdf (sha256 b6ee74347f38, scanned PDF without a reliable text layer, 8 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.

Broward Division 73/ND (STEVEN P. DELUCA) — Case management

6 verbatim requirements on case management in STEVEN P. DELUCA's division.

High confidence· verified September 9, 202617th Jud. Cir., Division 73/ND divisional procedures — captured and sha256-hashed 2026-07-24

Case ManagementBroward County · Judge Lauren N. Peffer

Broward Division 82/WC (LAUREN N. PEFFER) — Case management

4 verbatim requirements on case management in LAUREN N. PEFFER's division.

High confidence· verified September 9, 202617th Jud. Cir., Division 82/WC divisional procedures — captured and sha256-hashed 2026-07-24

Case ManagementBroward County · Judge Hilary Creary

Broward Division 98 (HILARY CREARY) — Case management

3 verbatim requirements on case management in HILARY CREARY's division.

High confidence· verified September 9, 202617th Jud. Cir., Division 98 divisional procedures — captured and sha256-hashed 2026-07-24

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256th District Court — Pre-Trial Order (family)

The 256th District Court's standard Pre-Trial Order (Hon. Sandre Streete; captured from the court's own page): the family-docket pretrial regime — 30-days-before-trial mediation completion, inventory exchange, the discovery close, five-day filing deadlines, and Rule 165a/215 enforcement.

High confidence· verified August 28, 2026Dallas County, 256th District Court, Pre-Trial Order (standard form, updated)

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