W.D. Tex. — Judge Ernest Gonzalez: Chambers procedures — TX · BenchPath

W.D. Tex. — Judge Ernest Gonzalez: Chambers procedures

High confidence· verified September 26, 2026Judge PreferencesUnited States District Court for the Western District of Texas, procedures published by Judge Ernest Gonzalez ((caption) In re: The use of artificial intelligence in the preparation of filing; STANDING ORDER GOVERNING PROCEEDINGS ("OGP") 1.0 – PATENT CASES (Del Rio Divisio; STANDING ORDER REGARDING CRIMINAL CASES (caption: In re: Standing Order in Crimi) — sha256-hashed 2026-09-26

Summary

54 verbatim chambers requirements from Judge Ernest Gonzalez's published procedures (chambers procedures).

Applies to

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.

Source of truth

Magistrate Judge Gilliland shall submit to the undersigned a report containing proposed Findings of Fact and Recommendations for the disposition of the case.

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-2026-09-26

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); https://www.txwd.uscourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/EG-Standing-Order-on-AI-1st-draft-6-24-2026.pdf (sha256 7db1d58fa8e7, pdf, 3 pages); https://www.txwd.uscourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Judge-Ernest-Gonzalez-Standing-Order-in-Criminal-Cases.pdf (sha256 fb4b493d4f85, scanned PDF without a reliable text layer, 24 pages, transcribed by eye from the page images in two passes, 34 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.