W.D. Tex. — Judge Kathleen Cardone: Hearings & scheduling — TX · BenchPath

W.D. Tex. — Judge Kathleen Cardone: Hearings & scheduling

High confidence· verified September 26, 2026Judge PreferencesUnited States District Court for the Western District of Texas, procedures published by Judge Kathleen Cardone (FACT SHEET FOR CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CASES JUDGE KATHLEEN CARDONE; STANDING ORDER ON PATENT CASES (caption: ALL DIVISIONS / HONORABLE KATHLEEN CARD; STANDING ORDER ON PRETRIAL DEADLINES (caption: HONORABLE KATHLEEN CARDONE / ALL ; STANDING ORDER ON SENTENCING IN CRIMINAL CASES (caption: HONORABLE KATHLEEN CARD; STANDING ORDER REGARDING MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (caption: HONORABLE KATHLE) — sha256-hashed 2026-09-26

Summary

10 verbatim chambers requirements from Judge Kathleen Cardone's published procedures (hearings & scheduling).

Applies to

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

Source of truth

Unless the moving and responding papers establish disputed issues of material fact, a hearing may not be necessary.

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/u-s-district-judge-kathleen-cardone/) and the court's procedure pages publish for the judge: https://www.txwd.uscourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Court-Facts-Sheet-for-US-District-Judge-Cardone.pdf (sha256 b401e3045817, pdf, 14 pages); https://www.txwd.uscourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Standing-Order-Regarding-Motions-for-Summary-Judgment.pdf (sha256 e2f380423178, scanned PDF without a reliable text layer, 4 pages, transcribed by eye from the page images in two passes, 0 second-pass corrections); https://www.txwd.uscourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Standing-Order-on-Patent-Cases-091422.pdf (sha256 8257b89e3bc3, pdf, 14 pages); https://www.txwd.uscourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Standing-Order-on-Pretrial-Deadlines.pdf (sha256 b91ba4759bc3, scanned PDF without a reliable text layer, 6 pages, transcribed by eye from the page images in two passes, 0 second-pass corrections); https://www.txwd.uscourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Standing-Order-on-Sentencing-in-Criminal-Cases.pdf (sha256 a2338246eaab, scanned PDF without a reliable text layer, 2 pages, transcribed by eye from the page images in two passes, 0 second-pass corrections); https://www.txwd.uscourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/Standing-Orders/El-Paso/Cardone/Court-Facts-Sheet-for-US-District-Judge-Cardone.pdf (sha256 b401e3045817, pdf, 14 pages). 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.