In early August, Sony filed a petition for a writ of mandamus, asking the appeals court to transfer a case filed against it by ACQIS LLC, a subsidiary of Acqis Technology Incorporated, for convenience, from the Western District of Texas to the Northern District of California. Judge Alan D. Albright had denied that request, granting an alternative ask to move the case from the Waco Division to the Austin Division of the Western District of Texas—where he will continue to preside over the dispute. Last week, the appeals court denied Sony’s petition, adding to a list of more recent refusals to disturb the decisions of Judge Albright.