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The United States District Court for the Western District of Texas (in case citations, W.D. Tex.) is a federal district court. The court convenes in San Antonio with divisions in Austin, Del Rio, El Paso, Midland, Pecos, and Waco. It has jurisdiction in over 50 Trans-Pecos, Permian Basin, and Hill Country counties of the U.S. state of Texas.
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas; In office October 26, 1981 – May 31, 2003: Appointed by: Ronald Reagan: Preceded by: Jack Roberts: Succeeded by: Earl Leroy Yeakel III: Texas State Representative for District 57-F (Bexar County) In office January 1973 – November 6, 1981: Succeeded by: Lamar S. Smith
Texas Courts of Appeals (14 districts) [3] Texas District Courts (420 districts) [4] Texas County Courts [5] Texas Justice Courts [6] Texas Municipal Courts [7] Federal courts located in Texas. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas [8] United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas [9] United States ...
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The Texas legal system is based on common law, which is interpreted by case law through the decisions of the Supreme Court, the Court of Criminal Appeals, and the Courts of Appeals, which are published in the Texas Cases and South Western Reporter. Counties and municipal governments may also promulgate local ordinances.
Appeals are governed by the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure (TRAPs) and the local rules. An even more bizarre situation occurs in East and North Texas, where the 6th Court has four counties – Gregg, Rusk, Upshur, and Wood – which overlap with the 12th Court, and also has Hunt County overlapping with the 5th Court.
From 2009 to 2018, Counts served as a United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. [1] Concurrently with his other service, Counts has served in the Texas National Guard since 1986, serving as a State Judge Advocate since 2006.
The Southern District of Texas started with one judge, Waller T. Burns, and a Clerk of Court, Christopher Dart, seated in Galveston. Since that time, the court has grown to nineteen district judgeships, six bankruptcy judgeships, fourteen magistrate judgeships, and over 200 deputy clerks.