Information
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)
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Finance and Criminal Debt
(903) 590-1012
Discovery Hotline
(903) 590-1198.
Do not call this line for anything other than a discovery dispute.
Court Announcements
Beaumont Phone Service Restored
Phone Service to the Beaumont Courthouse and Offices has been restored.
President Obama Nominates Two to Serve Eastern District of Texas
On June 26 2014, Robert William Schroeder III of Texarkana and Judge Amos Mazzant of Sherman were nominated to server on the United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas.
Complete Whitehouse Press Release
Criminal Docketing of
Sealed Pleadings
Instructions for Criminal Docketing of Sealed Pleadings have been made available. Please take the opportunity to review the new guide.
This guide, as well as others, are available in the Attorney section.
Amended Local Rules
As per General Order 14-13, the Local Rules CV-79,CR-49, and CR-55 have been amended.
The Local Rules have been updated to reflect the changes.
Attorneys Guide to Civil Case Opening
The Attorney Guide to Civil Case Opening was recently updated.
Regarding: Civil Action 1:10-CV-51
In the Matter of the Complaint of AET Inc Limited as Owner and AET Shipmanagement (Singapore) Pte LTD as Manager of the M/V Eagle Otome for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability
Civil Action No 1:10-CV-51
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
Electronic Filing
- Electronic Filing PACER.gov
- CM/ECF User Manual
- New Features in 5.0
- New Features in 4.0
- Attorney's Guide for Civil Case Opening
- Common Questions
- Account Maintenance
E-filing Notices
CMECF and PACER System Notice
Starting: Sun Aug 10, 2014 at 08:00 amReturning: Sun Aug 10, 2014 at 12:00 Due to scheduled maintenance, PACER will be unavailable from 8:00am to noon Central on Sunday, August 10, 2014.
CM/ECF and PACER Unavailable
CM/ECF and PACER will be unavailable briefly on Saturday July 26th due to a Power Maintenance to the building. The outage will beging at 8:00am and should be completed by 11:00 am
Instructions to Appeal to USCA in a Bankruptcy Case
Instructions to Appeal to USCA in a Bankruptcy Case have been amended to require the appellant/appellee(s) to provide the designated portion of the bankruptcy record as attachments to their electronically filed designation of record.
Instructions to Appeal to USCA in a Bankruptcy Case
Audio Transcripts
To request Audio Transcripts, please use form AO436, Also located in our Transcripts Section.
Tyler Drop Box
The Drop Box location in Tyler is no longer available. Please use CM/ECF or file your paperwork at the Clerk's Desk inside the courthouse.
Duty to Keep CM/ECF Account Information Current
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
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.