Judge Albright's Latest Changes To His Order Governing Procedures

Judge Albright announced his latest changes to his Order Governing Procedures (OGP), which are now published on the Western District of Texas website here.

Here are the highlights:

• DISCOVERY DISPUTES.  For any party seeking a motion to compel discovery, Judge Albright now requires counsel to first email a summary of the issue(s) and specific relief requested to opposing counsel – not to exceed 500 words. The responding party will have three business days to provide a response under the same word limit. If there are multiple disputed items, parties are now encouraged to use a table format identifying the issues and specific relief requested. Once opposing counsel responds, the requesting party must email the responsible law clerk (or – if the assigned law clerk is not known – [email protected]) a combined email with the summary positions from both sides. From there, the Court may either provide guidance or arrange a