David Alan Ezra
How Judge Ezra decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In high-profile enforcement and constitutional cases, grants the government's motion for a preliminary injunction where it makes the required showing (e.g., enjoining enforcement of a challenged state statute).
“Having considered the parties' briefing and the relevant law, the Court will preliminarily enjoin Defendants from enforcing SB 4.”
Procedural preferences
On a Rule 12 motion parses the claims and grants in part / denies in part, preserving claims (such as retaliation) that are adequately pleaded.
“Defendant ACC's Partial Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART. (Dkt. # 12.) ... The Motion is DENIED as to Hellman's retaliation claim.”
Cautions
Denies emergency stay applications that seek federal interference with ongoing state-court proceedings.
“It is therefore ORDERED that Petitioner Natin Paul's Emergency Application for a Stay of the State Trial Court's Criminal Contempt Order (ECF No. 3) is DENIED.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“the Court ADOPTS Magistrate Judge Mark Lane's Report and Recommendation (Dkt. # 83) as the opinion of the Court and GRANTS the SEC's Motion for Final Judgment and Remedies Against Defendant Jaitley. (Dkt. # 79.)”
“It is therefore ORDERED that Petitioner Natin Paul's Emergency Application for a Stay of the State Trial Court's Criminal Contempt Order (ECF No. 3) is DENIED.”
“Defendant ACC's Partial Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART. (Dkt. # 12.) ... The Motion is DENIED as to Hellman's retaliation claim.”
“Having considered the parties' arguments, including those in writing, the evidence presented, and the relevant law, the Court GRANTS the United States' Motion for Preliminary Injunction for the reasons that follow. (Dkt. # 5.)”
“Having considered the parties' briefing and the relevant law, the Court will preliminarily enjoin Defendants from enforcing SB 4.”
“the Court -- for reasons that follow -- GRANTS Plaintiffs' motion as to their First Amendment claims and GRANTS the motion in part as to their Section 230 claims. Defendant Colmenero is preliminarily ENJOINED from enforcing H.B. 1181.”
“the Court GRANTS Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment (Dkt. # 36)”
“DENIES Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment (Dkt. # 37)”
“the Court ADOPTS the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge (Dkt. # 61) and GRANTS Defendants' motions to dismiss (Dkt. ## 30, 31, 33)”
“GRANTS the Government's Motion for Summary Judgment (Dkt. # 52)”
“DENIES Quam's Motion to Dismiss (Dkt. # 53)”
“DENIES Pro Se Defendant Eric Hoppe's Motion to Dismiss (Dkt. # 42)”
“DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. Counts 1, 2 and 3 remain.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The reviewed Austin and San Antonio matters are diverse, while the newest filings are dominated by 2026 immigration-detention habeas petitions. Timing observations therefore come from terminated civil cases filed from 2021 through 2024; the roughly twenty-six reviewed dockets are not a complete census.
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