7 verbatim chambers requirements from Judge Xavier Rodriguez's published procedures (discovery & conferral).
United States District Court for the Western District of Texas — Judge Xavier Rodriguez's cases only. Chambers procedures change without notice; the judge's own published document controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
No. Except in categories of proceedings exempted from initial disclosure under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1)(E), the parties must, as soon as practicable and in any event at least 21 days before a proposed scheduling order is due, confer to consider all matters required by Rule 26(f).
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-26 from what the judge's own official page (https://www.txwd.uscourts.gov/team/xavier-rodriguez/) and the court's procedure pages publish for the judge: https://www.txwd.uscourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Court-Facts-for-US-District-Judge-Rodriguez-Dec.-2025.pdf (sha256 ec299f497d21, pdf, 19 pages); https://www.txwd.uscourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Standing-Order-in-Civil-Cases-Assigned-to-Judge-Xavier-Rodriguez.pdf (sha256 619e54e1a108, pdf, 4 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.
1 verbatim requirement on discovery in DANIEL J. KANNER's division.
1 verbatim requirement on discovery in BETSY BENSON's division.
1 verbatim requirement on discovery.
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