United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas

United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
(S.D. Tex.)
Location	Houston More locations Brownsville Corpus Christi Galveston United States Post Office and Courthouse (Galveston) Laredo McAllen Victoria
Appeals to	Fifth Circuit
Established	March 11, 1902
Judges	19
Chief Judge	Randy Crane
Officers of the court
U.S. Attorney	Alamdar S. Hamdani
U.S. Marshal	T. Michael O'Connor
www.txs.uscourts.gov

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas (in case citations, S.D. Tex.) is the federal district court with jurisdiction over the southeastern part of Texas. The court's headquarters is in Houston, Texas, and has six additional locations in the district.

Appeals from cases brought in the Southern District of Texas are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).

As of December 12, 2022^[update], the United States attorney is Alamdar S. Hamdani.

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