United States District Court for the Western District of Texas

United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
(W.D. Tex.)
Location	San Antonio More locations United States Courthouse (Austin) Alpine Del Rio El Paso Fort Cavazos Midland Pecos Waco
Appeals to	Fifth Circuit
Established	February 21, 1857
Judges	13
Chief Judge	Alia Moses
Officers of the court
U.S. Attorney	Jaime E. Esparza
U.S. Marshal	Susan Pamerleau
www.txwd.uscourts.gov

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. This district covers over 92,000 square miles (240,000 km²) and seven divisions.

Along with the District of New Mexico, Southern District of Texas, and District of Arizona, it is one of the busiest district courts in terms of criminal felony filings.^[1]