For several decades the Eastern District of Texas was known as a patent-friendly rocket docket, i.e., plaintiff patentees could bring defendant corporations there for trial.  But, with the Supreme Court case TC Heartland in 2017, patent cases shifted to Delaware and other places where the defendant corporations were located.  Nonetheless, shortly after his appointment in 2018, patent attorney Judge Albright transformed the Western District of Texas (Waco) into another patent-friendly rocket docket. And, much to the chagrin of corporations, the Federal Circuit and even the Supreme Court, Judge Albright defended his scheduling decisions and procedural interpretations, e.g., regarding denial of venue transference motions.  Now leaving the bench in August, it is unknown if the Western District of Texas can maintain the pace set by Judge Albright, who joins LES USA-Canada for a fireside chat.