Rodney Gilstrap
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
Judge · Federal · Texas
Data last updated: 10/7/2026. Status: active.
Cases in this dataset
114 linked docket records. These counts are not a count of rulings or a prediction.
Case volume by filing year
- 2008
1 - 2012
1 - 2013
2 - 2018
1 - 2020
1 - 2021
10 - 2022
18 - 2023
52 - 2024
8 - 2025
20
Recent cases
- Suunto Oy v. Garmin Ltd.
- Brothers Car Wash Inc dba Kwik Kar Wash of Lantana v. Tri-State Insurance Company of Minnesota
- Key Patent Innovations, Ltd.
- Dell Inc. v. NEC Corporation
- Hypercore Systems LLC v. Panasonic Holdings Corporation
- Valtrus Innovations Limited v. SAP America, Inc.
- Torus Ventures LLC v. Estis Compression, LLC
- Smith v. Morin
- Fleet Connect Solutions LLC v. PACCAR, Inc.
- Torus Ventures LLC v. Whataburger Restaurants LLC
Career history
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of TX · 2025-11-11 to End not recorded
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas · 2011-12-06 to End not recorded · Barack Obama
- Baylor University School of Law J.D. 1981
- Baylor University B.A. 1978
Sources and corrections
- fjc-bio · 2026-10-07
- courtlistener-people-bulk · 2026-10-07
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