(a) Costs. Parties instituting any civil action, suit, or proceeding, whether by original
action, removal or otherwise, shall pay to the Clerk the filing fee as required by the Judicial
Conference of the United States. The Clerk will not accept for filing any tendered pleading for
the institution of a civil action without advance payment of the filing fee, unless the court shall
order otherwise.
(b) Bond for Costs. The Court, on motion or of its own initiative, may order any party
plaintiff, either resident or nonresident, to file an original bond for costs or additional security for
costs in such an amount and so conditioned as the Court by its Order may designate.
Adopted and effective May 1, 1980
Amended July 1, 1988
Amended January 2, 1990
Local Rules of the United States District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas
