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Western District of Arkansas

W.D. Ark. — local rules, ECF filing procedures, and judges’ standing orders, readable in full.

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Civil Rules (36)
4.1 Service Of Process
4.2 Costs And Bonds
4.3 Bondsmen
5.1 Filing Of Documents By Electronic Means
5.4 TIME FOR FILING UNDER FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 5 (d)
5.5 Pleadings And Filings
6.2 Extension Of Time To Plead
7.2 Motions
7.3 Communications With Court
7.4 Stipulations By Counsel
7.5 Continuances
9.1 Complaint Forms For Actions By Incarcerated Persons
16.1 Initial Scheduling Order
16.2 Exempt Actions
23.1 Class Actions
26.1 OUTLINE FOR FED.R.CIV.P. 26(f) REPORT
26.2 OUTLINE FOR FED.R.CIV.P. 26(a)(3) PRETRIAL DISCLOSURE SHEET
33.1 Interrogatories And Requests
40.1 Assignment Of Actions And Proceedings
41.1 Notice Of Settlement
47.1 Conditions For Juror Contact
54.1 Attorney'S Fees
56.1 Summary Judgment Motion
58.2 Satisfaction Of Judgments
67.1 Deposit Of Registry Funds By The Clerk In Interest-Bearing Accounts
72.1 United States Magistrate Judges
77.1 Location And Office Hours Of Clerks' Offices, And Designation Of Filing Offices
79.1 Removal Of Files Or Withdrawal Of Papers And Exhibits
83.1 United States Bankruptcy Judges I. References
83.2 Photographing, Broadcasting, Televising, And Recording In Courtroom And Environs
83.3 Weapons In Courtrooms
83.4 Mandate Of An Appellate Court
83.5 Attorneys
83.6 In The United States District Court Eastern District Of Arkansas
83.7 Appointment Of Counsel
83.8 Communications By United States Attorney Regarding Persons Sentenced By This Court
Electronic Filing (ECF) Procedures
Electronic Case Filing Procedures
District Forms (1)
Local Rules
National (AO) forms used in every district are searchable too — try “AO 440” or “subpoena to testify at a deposition” in Search.
Standing Orders & Judge Procedures (35)
Court-wide (35)
Admin Order 2020-5 Court Operations during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Admin Order 2022-6 Court Operations during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Admin Order 2025-02 Courthouse Closing Wednesday, December 24, 2025 through Friday, December 26, 2025
Admin Order 2025-1 Access and Management of Sealed Documents
General Order 1 - Termination of Criminal Appeals
General Order 10 - Establishing Pretrial Services
General Order 12 - Court Reporter Plan
General Order 13 - Communications to News Media and Other Noncourt Personnel
General Order 15 - Issuance of Blank Subpoenas
General Order 19 - Magistrate's Complaints and Petitions for Warrant for Offender Under Pretrial or Supervised Release
General Order 20 - Presentence Reports
General Order 2017-2 Appointment of Merit Selection Panel
General Order 2017-3 Abrogation of General Orders 36 and 37
General Order 2017-4 Reappointing Erin L. Wiedemann
General Order 2017-5 Abrogation of General Order 12
General Order 2018-1 Authorizing Cross-District Jurisdiction
General Order 2018-2 Notice of Arrest and Detention
General Order 2021-02 Appointment of Jamie Giani as Clerk of Court
General Order 2022-03 Reappointment of Mark E. Ford
General Order 2026-02 - Mistee Aaron
General Order 24 - Civil Justice Expense and Delay Reduction Plan
General Order 26 - Authorization of Bankruptcy Judges to Conduct Jury Trials in Certain Civil Proceedings
General Order 27 - Authorization of Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Service to Hear and Determine Bankruptcy Appeals
General Order 28 - Authorization of Probation Officers to Carry/Use Capstun
General Order 33 - Health and Safety Plan for Western District of Arkansas
General Order 34 - Implementation of the Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
General Order 35 - Criminal Justice Act Plan
General Order 42 - Plan for Direct Assignment of Social Security Appeal Cases to a U.S. Magistrate Judge
General Order 45 - Refund of Fees
General Order 46 - Appointment of Clerk
General Order 5 - Full-time United States Magistrate Judges
General Order 6 - Authorization for Probation Officers to Carry Firearms
General Order NO. 2016-2 Transfer Of Registry Funds to the Minors' Fund
General Order NO. 2016-3 - Order Regarding Deposit and Investment of Registry Funds
Local Rules
Tip: everything on this page is also retrievable in Search (“W.D. Ark. LR 7.1”) and cited by Ask.