W.D. Tex. — Judge David Counts: Chambers procedures — TX · BenchPath

W.D. Tex. — Judge David Counts: Chambers procedures

High confidence· verified September 26, 2026Judge PreferencesUnited States District Court for the Western District of Texas, procedures published by Judge David Counts (STANDING ORDER FOR EVIDENCE IN ALL CASES (Midland/Odessa and Pecos Divisions); STANDING ORDER GOVERNING PATENT PROCEEDINGS (Midland/Odessa and Pecos Divisions;; STANDING ORDER REGARDING FILING DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL AND REDACTED PUBLIC VERSION) — sha256-hashed 2026-09-26

Summary

16 verbatim chambers requirements from Judge David Counts's published procedures (chambers procedures).

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

The Local Rules of this Court shall also apply to these actions, except to the extent they are inconsistent.

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); https://www.txwd.uscourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/StandingOrderforEvidenceinAllCasesMO.pdf (sha256 09d72cbd6563, scanned PDF without a reliable text layer, 3 pages, transcribed by eye from the page images in two passes, 0 second-pass corrections); https://www.txwd.uscourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/08242026_STANDING-ORDER-REGARDING-FILING-DOCUMENTS-UNDER-SEAL-AND-REDACTED-PUBLIC-VERSIONS.pdf (sha256 c31a2ee8e51b, 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.