--- title: "Jason Kenneth Pulliam | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jason-kenneth-pulliam" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-03" --- # Jason Kenneth Pulliam U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas - State: Texas - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas, serving since August 5, 2019 - In 2015, Governor Rick Perry appointed him Justice of the Texas Fourth Court of Appeals, a role he held until the end of 2016 - Judge, Bexar County [Texas] Court at Law Number Five, 2011-2015 - Appointed in 2011 as a judge for the Bexar County Court at Law No. 5 - U.S. Marine Corps captain, 2000-2004; judge advocate, 2001-2004 - From 2000 to 2004, Pulliam held the role of a Captain in the United States Marine Corps Judge Advocate Division - Judge, District Court, W.D. Texas, ?-present - The first African American Republican to serve as a Bexar County judge ### Education - J.D., cum laude, from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University in 2000. ### Additional information - On March 5, 2019, President Donald Trump nominated Pulliam to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, replacing Sam Sparks. - The Senate confirmed him on July 31, 2019, and he received his judicial commission on August 5, 2019. - Private practice, San Antonio, Texas, 2006-2010, 2017-2019 - Private practice, Killeen, Texas, 2004-2006 - Born in 1971 in Brooklyn, New York, Pulliam obtained a B.A. and M.A. in political science, cum laude, from Brooklyn College (City University of New York) in 1995 and 1997, respectively. - Date of birth: 1971-01-01 - handling civil and criminal cases. - After leaving the Marines, he practiced law in Texas, working at The Carlson Law Firm, Ball & Weed P.C., and Ford & Murray PLLC. - As a federal judge, Pulliam presides over cases in the San Antonio Division of the Western District of Texas, with his office located at 262 West Nueva Street, San Antonio, TX 78207. - Birth place: Brooklyn ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### electronic trial exhibits Scope: courtwide The Western District of Texas publishes JERS guidance for electronically capturing trial evidence and provides evidence-presentation equipment to members of the bar practicing in the district. Evidence excerpt: The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas uses the Jury Evidence Recording System (JERS) to capture evidence electronically during a trial. The Court provides evidence presentation equipment to any member of the bar practicing within the Western District of Texas. [JERS, Jury Evidence Recording System](https://www.txwd.uscourts.gov/for-attorneys/jers-jury-evidence-recording-system) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### electronic exhibit submission Scope: courtwide For JERS electronic exhibit submission, the Western District of Texas publishes a single-storage-device requirement and directs parties to submit files by the deadline set by the assigned courtroom deputy. Evidence excerpt: All files must be provided on a single storage device such as a CD, DVD, or USB drive. ... All files must be submitted based on the deadline set by the CRD associated with your case. [JERS, Jury Evidence Recording System](https://www.txwd.uscourts.gov/for-attorneys/jers-jury-evidence-recording-system) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/6840711) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/6840711) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/6840711) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14438/jason-k-pulliam/) - [JERS, Jury Evidence Recording System](https://www.txwd.uscourts.gov/for-attorneys/jers-jury-evidence-recording-system) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14438/jason-k-pulliam/) - [Judge Jason Kenneth Pulliam](https://www.fjc.gov/node/6840711) - [Wikidata: Jason K. Pulliam](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61941108) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jason-kenneth-pulliam", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jason-kenneth-pulliam", "name": "Jason Kenneth Pulliam | KnowJudges", "description": "Jason Kenneth Pulliam, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.