United States District Court for the Western District of Texas

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The United States District Court For the Western District Of Texas (W.D.Tex) is the United States district court whose jurisdiction consists of the counties in the western part of the state of Texas. This district covers over 92,000 square miles and seven divisions.

The divisions are:

• Austin Division
• Del Rio Division
• El Paso Division
• Midland Division
• Pecos Division
• San Antonio Division
• Waco Division

The Honorable Walter Smith, Jr. is the Chief Judge of the Western District of Texas.

The United States Attorney for the District of Western Texas represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. Johnny Sutton is the United States Attorney for the District of Western Texas.

When decisions of the court are appealed, they are appealed to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals based in Downtown New Orleans at the John Minor Wisdom Federal Courthouse.

Judges

Article III judges

See: Article III federal judge

Chief Judge Walter Smith, Jr. Waco Samuel Biery San Antonio Kathleen Cardone El Paso Orlando Garcia San Antonio Robert Junell Midland-Odessa Alia Ludlum Del Rio Philip Martinez El Paso

Frank Montalvo El Paso Xavier Rodriguez San Antonio Sam Sparks Austin Earl Yeakel Austin Vacancy Vacancy

• Nominated by Ronald Reagan: Walter Smith, Jr.
• Nominated by George H.W. Bush: Sam Sparks
• Nominated by Bill Clinton: Samuel Biery, David Briones, Orlando Garcia
• Nominated by George W. Bush: Kathleen Cardone, Robert Junell, Alia Ludlum, Philip Martinez, Frank Montalvo, Xavier Rodriguez, Earl Yeakel

Senior judges

• David Briones El Paso
• Royal Furgeson, Jr. San Antonio
• Harry Hudspeth Austin
• James Nowlin

Magistrate judges

Victor Garcia Del Rio Norbert Garney El Paso Margaret Leachman El Paso Michael S. McDonald El Paso Richard Mesa El Paso

Jeff Manske Waco Pamela Mathy San Antonio Nancy Nowak San Antonio John Primomo San Antonio Stuart Platt Midland-Odessa

Dwight Goains Alpine Andrew Austin Austin Robert Pitman Austin Collis White Del Rio

External links

• US District Court for the Western District of Texas
• US Attorney's Office for the Western District of Texas
• Judges of the Western District of Texas
• Opinions of the Western District of Texas

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	v • d • e Federal judges of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
Active judges	Chief Judge: Smith • Biery • Cardone • Garcia • Junell • Ludlum • Martinez • Montalvo • Rodriguez • Sparks • Yeakel • Vacancy • Vacancy
Senior judges	Briones • Furgeson • Hudspeth • Nowlin
Magistrate judges	Austin • Garcia • Garney • Goains • Leachman • Manske • Mathy • McDonald • Mesa • Nowak • Pitman • Primomo • Platt • White
Former judges	Boynton • Bunton • DuVal • Garcia • Garza • Guinn • Keeling • Maxey • McMillan • Prado • Rice • Roberts • Sessions • Shannon • Smith • Spears • Suttle • Thomason • Thornberry • Turner • West • Wood