The Eastern District of Texas, United States District Court

The Eastern District of Texas

Chief Judge: Leonard Davis
Clerk of Court: David Maland

Our Mission and Our Vision

Quality Service
Caring Staff
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for You
The United States District
Clerk's Office for the Eastern District of Texas

The Local Rules are now available as an E-book for handhelds or tablets.

Division Offices

Clerks offices are located in each divisional office. Click on a Division that is closest to your location or where your case was filed. If you are unsure please contact any of the divisions for assistance.
Beaumont
Lufkin
Marshall
Sherman
Texarkana
Tyler (Headquarters)

If you have an emergency discovery dispute, call the
Discovery Hotline
(903) 590-1198.

Do not call this line for anything other than a discovery dispute.

Court Announcements

How Are We Doing?

Posted: April 05 2012

Your feedback is very important to us. Please take a moment to fill out our clerks office customer survey and let us know how we are doing. Clerk's Office Customer Survey

Certificate of Conference Required

Posted: April 05 2012

If a motion is AGREED, JOINT, OR UNOPPOSED it now requires a certificate of conference. This change is effective immediately.

Please refer to General Order 12-6.
Local Rules Section

CJA Information Page

Posted: February 24 2012

CJA Panel Members, please review the new CJA Information Page.

Vendor and Service Provider Information

Posted: January 18 2012

Please review the Vendor and Service Provider Information page for information and requirements on providing services or products to the Eastern District of Texas.

Public Notices

Posted: June 29 2011

Fee Motion Re: Case 3:93cv65 Notice: Lenore Smith et al v. AmeriPlan Corporation 4:10cv75 Form: 4:10cv75

Posted: June 29 2011

Instructions, Affidavit, and Form for Filing a Late Claim Re: January 23, 2010 Port Arthur Oil Spill, Case No. 1:10-cv-51 Format: PDF

Claimants in Excel Format

CM/ECF and PACER

Login to CM/ECF and PACER

Electronic Filing

E-filing Notices

Duty to Keep CM/ECF Account Information Current

Posted: Tue Apr 10 at 10:22

Per Local Rule CV-5(a)(2)(A), it is the attorney's responsibility to keep their account information, including the email address, current in CM/ECF.

If you are not receiving Notices of Electronic Filing (NEFs) e-mails in your Texas Eastern cases and you think you should be, please update the e-mail address in your CM/ECF account. To do this please follow these instructions: Maintaining Your CM/ECF Account

Local Rule CV-5(a)(2)(A)(i) was abolished by General Order 12-6 in late February 2012. The clerk's office will no longer monitor and remedy "bounce-back" e-mails when a filed document is sent to an attorney in CM/ECF.

Megabyte Limit Increase

Posted: Mon Mar 26 at 16:29

The megabyte limit for filing documents in CM/ECF has been increased from 5 megabytes to 15 megabytes. The Eastern District local rules are currently being updated to reflect this change. It is recommended that scanned documents be set to a resolution of 300 dpi.

Electronic Public Access Fee Increase

Posted: Fri Oct 21 at 12:59

The electronic public access fee to court records through the PACER service is scheduled to increase from $0.08 to $0.10 per page effective April 1, 2012.. Click here for the complete press release.

USPO is Now Filing PSR's Electronically

Posted: Tue Oct 04 at 15:17

PSR's may be viewed by an applicable party only. Please refer to the instructions for accessing the PSR in criminal cases located under Attorney Information.

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