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8 verbatim chambers requirements from Judge Ernest Gonzalez's published procedures (filing).
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.
If the parties consent to the exercise of jurisdiction by Magistrate Judge Gilliland under 28 U.S.C. § 636(c), the parties shall notify the Court by filing the attached Form AO 85 and the case will be placed on the docket of Magistrate Judge Gilliland for all future proceedings, including entry of final judgment.
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/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.
A 2013 standing order requiring attorneys to e-file family-law and civil documents (no paper filings accepted) as the court began compliance with the Supreme Court's e-filing mandate; criminal filing unchanged.
A 2013 standing order requiring attorneys to e-file family-law and civil documents (no paper filings accepted) as the court began compliance with the Supreme Court's e-filing mandate; criminal filing unchanged.
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