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Page Limits in Death Penalty Habeas Cases

N.D. Tex. LR 7.5

In any post-conviction proceeding seeking to vacate or set aside a death sentence, the following page limits (excluding pages that contain a table of contents and table of authorities) apply: (a) the application, motion, or petition, and any supporting brief memorandum (whether filed contemporaneously with—or after—the application, motion, or petition), must not exceed 100 pages in total; (b) the answer to the application, motion, or petition, and any supporting brief or memorandum (whether filed contemporaneously with, or after, the answer), must not exceed 100 pages in total; and (c) the reply, and any supporting brief or memorandum (whether filed contemporaneously with, or after, the reply), must not exceed 25 pages in total.
Official source: https://www.txnd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/documents/CIVRULES.pdf · retrieved 2026-07-22