UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
Southern District of Texas
The Honorable Libby, Jason B
Judge Libby - Next 14 Days Schedule
1/15/2026 - 1/29/2026
Date Range

TIME Case Style Setting
Thursday, January 15, 2026   18
8:30 AM Benjamin Lewis Youngblut Zoom Meeting with USPO
9:45 AM ZOOM VIDEO CONFERENCES w/Coastal Bend D.C.
9:45 AM 2:26-cr-00016-1 USA v. Benjamin Lewis Youngblut Initial Appearance
10:25 AM IN PERSON HEARING - USM please bring Defts below
10:25 AM 2:21-cr-00962-1 USA v. Guadalupe Valadez Preliminary Hearing - Prob/Sup
10:29 AM 2:26-mj-00020-1 USA v. Terri Ann Villegas / 8:1324 (ON BOND) Preliminary Exam Hearing
10:30 AM 2:26-mj-00015-1 USA v. Ruben Dario Mencia-Ortiz / 8:1326 Prelim Exam and Detention Hrg
10:30 AM 2:26-mj-00018-1 USA v. Deybis Adelmo Perez-Zepeda / 8:1326 Prelim Exam and Detention Hrg
10:30 AM 2:26-mj-00019-1 USA v. Cecilia Trejo-Perez / 8:1326 Prelim Exam and Detention Hrg
10:30 AM 2:26-mj-00023-1 USA v. Oscar Elvir Padilla Machado / 8:1326 Prelim Exam and Detention Hrg
10:30 AM 2:26-mj-00024-1 USA v. Angel Vasquez-Najera / 8:1326 Prelim Exam and Detention Hrg
10:35 AM 2:26-mj-00021-1 USA v. Hector Hernandez / 18:922 Prelim Exam and Detention Hrg
10:35 AM 2:26-mj-00027-1 USA v. William Nicholas Pendley / 8:1324 Prelim Exam and Detention Hrg
10:35 AM 2:26-mj-00030-1 USA v. Briana Gisselle Guerrero / 8:1324 Prelim Exam and Detention Hrg
10:35 AM 6:26-mj-00003-1 USA v. Jose Santos Acosta-Angeles / 8:1325(a)(2) Arraignment & Detention Hrg
2:00 PM IN PERSON HEARING - USM please bring Defts below
2:00 PM 2:25-mj-00727-1 USA v. Tekuh Scholastica Mah / 8:1325(a)(2) Bench Trial
2:00 PM 2:25-mj-00730-1 USA v. Tanji Mactiniee Eyah / 8:1325(a)(2) Bench Trial
Friday, January 16, 2026   1
NO SETTINGS
Monday, January 19, 2026   1
Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Wednesday, January 21, 2026   15
9:00 AM 2:25-cr-00573-1 USA v. Alfredo Cortez-Madrid Final Pretrial Conference
9:30 AM 2:25-cr-00347-1 USA v. Fernando Casas-Garcia Final Pretrial Conference
9:30 AM 2:25-cr-00571-1 USA v. Daniel Ayala-Castro Final Pretrial Conference
9:30 AM 2:25-cr-00575-1 USA v. Jonathan Godinez-Alday Final Pretrial Conference
9:30 AM 2:25-cr-00577-1 USA v. Fernando Mexicano-Prieto Final Pretrial Conference
9:30 AM 2:25-cr-00579-1 USA v. Jesus Perez Gonzalez Final Pretrial Conference
9:30 AM 2:25-cr-00597-1 USA v. Jonni Murillo-Orellana Final Pretrial Conference
9:30 AM 2:25-cr-00599-1 USA v. Emilio Salazar-Garcia Final Pretrial Conference
9:30 AM 2:25-cr-00607-1 USA v. Francisco Javier Gonzalez-Quintero Final Pretrial Conference
10:00 AM 2:25-cr-00581-1 USA v. Marlon Alvarez-Curbelo Final Pretrial Conference
10:00 AM 2:25-cr-00584-1 USA v. Jennie Gail Matos Final Pretrial Conference
10:00 AM 2:25-cr-00586-1 USA v. Janell Gloria Pruneda Final Pretrial Conference
10:00 AM 2:25-cr-00587-1 USA v. Francisco Valdez Final Pretrial Conference
10:00 AM 2:25-mj-00778-1 USA v. Sydney S. Saucedo Final Pretrial Conference
11:00 AM 2:25-cr-00539-1 USA v. Juan Manuel Sifontes-Sinales Arraignment
Wednesday, January 28, 2026   17
9:30 AM 2:25-cr-00249-1 USA v. Sara Palacios Rodriguez Final Pretrial Conference
9:30 AM 2:25-cr-00451-1 USA v. Troy Valentin Vasquez Final Pretrial Conference
9:30 AM 2:25-cr-00493-1 USA v. Bravlio Soto Final Pretrial Conference
9:30 AM 2:25-cr-00570-1 USA v. Carlos Esteven Almendarez Final Pretrial Conference
9:30 AM 2:25-cr-00572-1 USA v. Johan Antonio Chavez Aguilar Final Pretrial Conference
9:30 AM 2:25-cr-00574-1 USA v. Pedro Garcia-Torres Final Pretrial Conference
9:30 AM 2:25-cr-00598-1 USA v. Manuel Rios Cardiel Final Pretrial Conference
9:30 AM 2:25-cr-00601-1 USA v. Jose Leonides Vasquez Aguirre Final Pretrial Conference
10:00 AM 2:25-cr-00582-1 USA v. Ruth Jemima Farfan Final Pretrial Conference
10:00 AM 2:25-cr-00583-1 USA v. Mary Magdalene Fondren Final Pretrial Conference
10:00 AM 2:25-cr-00583-2 USA v. Stacy Ann Wylesky Final Pretrial Conference
10:00 AM 2:25-cr-00585-1 USA v. Sylvia Lynn Matthews Final Pretrial Conference
10:00 AM 2:25-cr-00606-1 USA v. Destiny Elizabeth Alvarez Final Pretrial Conference
10:00 AM 2:25-cr-00608-1 USA v. Roman Alejandro Zarate-Ruiz Final Pretrial Conference
10:00 AM 2:25-mj-00778-1 USA v. Sydney S. Saucedo Bench Trial
10:30 AM 2:25-cr-00600-1 USA v. Oscar Torres-Garnica Final Pretrial Conference
10:30 AM 2:25-cr-00602-1 USA v. Jason Rodriguez Final Pretrial Conference
Thursday, January 29, 2026   14
10:00 AM 6:25-cr-00081-1 USA v. Eric Joseph Laws Final Pretrial Conference
10:00 AM 6:25-cr-00081-2 USA v. Robert Alex Garza Final Pretrial Conference
10:00 AM 6:25-cr-00082-1 USA v. Christopher Ray Grissom Final Pretrial Conference
10:00 AM 6:25-cr-00082-2 USA v. Bradley Luke Guidry Final Pretrial Conference
10:00 AM 6:25-cr-00082-4 USA v. Larry Christopher Primeaux (ON BOND) Final Pretrial Conference
10:00 AM 6:25-cr-00082-6 USA v. Anna Renee Martinez Final Pretrial Conference
10:00 AM 6:25-cr-00093-1 USA v. Maria Del Socorro Del Castillo (ON BOND) Final Pretrial Conference
10:00 AM 6:25-cr-00093-2 USA v. Sylvia San Juanita Luque Final Pretrial Conference
10:00 AM 6:25-cr-00093-3 USA v. Maria E. Ortiz Final Pretrial Conference
10:00 AM 6:25-cr-00099-1 USA v. Justin Michael Moya Final Pretrial Conference
10:00 AM 6:25-cr-00106-1 USA v. Carlos Rafael Rodriguez-Gonzalez Final Pretrial Conference
10:00 AM 6:25-cr-00107-1 USA v. Tomas Alejandro Duran-Salazar Final Pretrial Conference
10:00 AM 6:25-cr-00117-1 USA v. Eric Joseph Laws Final Pretrial Conference
10:00 AM 6:25-cr-00120-1 USA v. Jonathan Vinent-Nuenz Final Pretrial Conference