5 verbatim chambers requirements from Judge Ernest Gonzalez's published procedures (case management).
United States District Court for the Western District of Texas — Judge Ernest Gonzalez's cases only. Chambers procedures change without notice; the judge's own published document controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
In all cases, the Markman hearing shall be initially scheduled for 23 weeks after the CMC and should be included in the parties’ proposed Scheduling Order, in accordance with this Order.
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-26 from what the judge's own official page (https://www.txwd.uscourts.gov/team/ernest-gonzalez/) and the court's procedure pages publish for the judge: https://www.txwd.uscourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Patent-Standing-Order-1.0_EG-1.pdf (sha256 9ac5200f980f, scanned PDF without a reliable text layer, 19 pages, transcribed by eye from the page images in two passes, 9 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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