Andrew B. Davis
How Judge Davis rules, drawn from 11 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Davis
Andrew B. Davis is a U.S. district judge for the Western District of Texas, sitting in Austin. President Donald J. Trump appointed him, and he received his commission on April 30, 2026. He earned degrees from Rice University and Columbia Law School and previously served in the Texas solicitor general’s office.
Judge Davis's practices and standing orders
Rules for cases before Judge Davis, as published on the court's website (checked October 23, 2026). Judges revise these often, so confirm the current version on the court's site before you file.
- Joint Discovery and Case Management Plan for US District Judge Andrew B. Davis ↗
- Proposed Scheduling Order for US District Judge Andrew B. Davis ↗
- Standing Order on Appendices ↗
- US District Judge Andrew B. Davis: Court Docket Management ↗
- Proposed Scheduling Order for Alleged Patent Infringement ↗
Key rules
Filing
In diversity cases involving an unincorporated party, the joint plan must identify each member’s citizenship and attach a supporting declaration.
“If the case involves an unincorporated entity as a party (such as an LLC, LLP, or partnership), state the citizenship of every member. Any such party must also attach to this filing an affidavit or declaration es- tablishing citizenship of every member.”
Filing
In civil cases, factual support for a filing must appear in a separate appendix, even when the material is elsewhere in the record.
“A party who relies on evidence or other factual material to support or oppose a filing must place that material in an appendix that complies with this order. This includes material such as deposi- tions, documents, electronically stored information, af- fidavits, declarations, stipulations, admissions, and in- terrogatory answers. Except as provided in Paragraph 2.b, a party must include such material in its appendix even if the material is already in the record”
Filing
The appendix must be text searchable.
“Text-searchable. All pages in the appendix must be text-searchable.”
Discovery
The patent scheduling form stays most discovery until one business day after the claim construction hearing.
“all other discovery is stayed until one business day after the claim construction hearing.”
Conferences
Extensions of non-discovery deadlines and continuances require actual diligence and extraordinary cause.
“Extensions of non-discovery deadlines and continuances of proceedings will not be granted, even upon joint motion, absent a showing of actual diligence and extraordinary cause.”
Standing orders for every case in this court
Orders the court applies to all of its cases, whichever judge has them, as published on the court's website (checked October 8, 2026).
- Standing Order Regarding Joint or Unopposed Request to Change Deadlines ↗
- Order Regarding Procedures for the Filing, Service and Management of Highly Sensitive Documents ↗
- General Order Regarding Electronic Filing of Transcripts ↗
- Standing Order Regarding Attorney Admissions and CLE Requirements ↗
- Privacy Policy and Public Access to Electronic Files ↗
- Standing Order Regarding the Electronic Submission of Sealed Civil Documents ↗
How Judge Davis decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In Goatley, Davis authorized limited discovery for a foreign proceeding on the ex parte record while leaving room for X Corp. to challenge the subpoena.
“for use in foreign proceedings is GRANTED.”
Procedural preferences
In Lowe, Davis left pretrial bankruptcy proceedings with the bankruptcy court while reserving any jury trial for district court.
“the motion is GRANTED in PART.”
Cautions
In Cazares Tapia, Davis held that the detention challenge failed under the governing statutory framework and denied habeas relief.
“The petition for writ of habeas corpus is denied.”
In Pearsons Luggage, Davis denied a preliminary injunction barring patent infringement notices after finding that likely success on patent invalidity did not establish that the notices were objectively baseless.
“The Court denies the preliminary injunction because Plaintiffs have not established that Defendants’ infringement notices to Amazon were ‘objectively baseless.’”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“The petition for writ of habeas corpus is denied.”
“the motion is GRANTED in PART.”
“The petition for writ of habeas corpus is denied.”
“for use in foreign proceedings is GRANTED.”
“his motion for expedited consideration as MOOT”
“The petition for writ of habeas corpus is denied.”
“The motion to transfer is GRANTED.”
“The Court DENIES Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss in part and GRANTS Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss in part.”
“Respondent’s motion to vacate and quash, ECF No. 30, is granted.”
“Intervenors’ motion to vacate and quash, ECF No. 31, is granted.”
“The petition for writ of habeas corpus is denied.”
“The petition for writ of habeas corpus is denied.”
“Petitioner’s request for an injunction is de- nied.”
“The application for a preliminary injunction, ECF No. 4, is denied.”
“The motion for leave to file a surreply, ECF No. 25, is granted”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The five selected matters include three immigration-detention petitions, one bankruptcy-reference matter, and one foreign-discovery application. One had a recorded termination date; this targeted sample does not estimate the full caseload.
How long civil cases take in this court
For the whole of U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, not for Judge Davis: median time from filing to disposition of the civil cases the court closed in the 12 months ending September 30, 2025, as reported by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
| Cases | Median time | |
|---|---|---|
| All civil cases closed | 3,691 | 7.7 months |
| Closed with no court action | 1,171 | 5.5 months |
| Closed before pretrial | 2,115 | 7.5 months |
| Closed during or after pretrial | 366 | 14 months |
| Closed during trial | 39 | 30.6 months |
| 12 months ending | Cases closed | Median time |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | 3,691 | 7.7 months |
| Sep 2024 | 3,440 | 7.8 months |
| Sep 2023 | 3,823 | 7.2 months |
| Sep 2022 | 3,633 | 8.3 months |
| Sep 2021 | 3,178 | 8 months |
| Sep 2020 | 2,990 | 6.4 months |
| Sep 2019 | 2,854 | 7.1 months |
The table leaves out prisoner petitions, land condemnations, deportation reviews, recovery of overpayments and enforcement of judgments, and reports no median for fewer than 10 cases. A district that closed a large multidistrict litigation in the period shows very large counts and long medians for that year. Source: Table C-5, U.S. District Courts (spreadsheet).
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