W.D. Tex. — Local Rules, ECF & Standing Orders

Abstract of Judgment with Instructions

Administrative Policies and Procedures for Electronic Filing in Civil and Criminal Cases

Affidavit of Lost Bond Receipt

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Docketing Statement WACO only

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Summary Form For all divisions EXCEPT Waco

Amended Order Granting Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment and Denying Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment

Amended Order Regarding Defendant’s Motions to Dismiss

Amended Sentencing Order Following Remand from the Fifth Circuit of Appeals

Appearance of Counsel (AO Form 458)

Application for Assignment to Attorney

Application for Assignment to Individual

Application for CART or Sign Language Interpreter

Application for Return of Assigned Cash Bail

Application for Return of Cash Bail

Application to Proceed in District Court Without Prepaying Fees or Costs (AO Form 239) Long Form (For all divisions EXCE

Application to Proceed in District Court Without Prepaying Fees or Costs (AO Form 240) Short Form (For all divisions EXC

Approved Surety List

Bill of Costs (AO Form 133)

Calendar Year 2024 Statistical Public Report

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Consent to Proceed Before a Magistrate Judge in a Misdemeanor Case (AO Form 86A)

Consent to Proceed Before a Magistrate Judge in a Misdemeanor Case (AO Form 86A)1

Declaración Jurada de Recibo Bonos Perdido

Defendants Motion for Administrative Setting in Lieu of Appearance at Docket Call (Judge Martinez)

Defendants Motion for Administrative Setting in Lieu of Appearance at First Docket Call (Judge Cardone)

Download .PDF Copy of Appendix A – Information Required – Motion For Class Action Certification

Download .PDF Copy of Appendix B Scheduling Order

Download .PDF Copy of Appendix C – Local Rules For The Assignment Of Duties To United States Magistrate Judges

Download .PDF Copy of Appendix I – Guidelines For Recorded Deposition

Download .PDF Copy of Appendix J – Notice Regarding Complaints of Judicial Misconduct or Disability

Download .PDF Copy of Appendix K – Plan For Prompt Disposition Of Criminal Cases Pursuant To The Speedy Trial Act Of 197

Download .PDF Copy of Appendix L – Local Court Rules of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of T

Download .PDF Copy of Appendix M, Adoption of the Texas Lawyer’s Creed

Download .PDF Copy of Appendix N – Joint Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 Report

Download .PDF Copy of Rule CR-15a. Deposition Of Witness Other Than Material Witnesses

Download .PDF Copy of Rule CR-15b. Deposition And Release Of Material Witness In Custody

Download .PDF Copy of Rule CR-5a. Pretrial Services Interview And Report

Download .PDF Copy of Rule CR-5b. Initial Appearance Of Undocumented Alien Detained As Material Witness

Download .PDF Copy of Rule CR-6a. The Grand Jury

Download .PDF Copy of Rule CR-6b. Division In Which Indictment May Be Presented And Filed

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Employee Dispute Resolution Plan

Fiscal Year 2024 Statistics Public Report

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Indictment

Interim Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Plaintiffs’ and Plaintiff-Intervenors’ Request for Preliminary Relief

Job Announcement for Pro Se Law Clerk Positions

Jury Plan

Motion and Order for Admission Pro Hac Vice - Austin Division

Motion and Order for Admission Pro Hac Vice For all divisions EXCEPT Austin

Non-Kumbaya Order

Notice of a Lawsuit and Request to Waive Service of a Summons (AO Form 398)

Notice of Availability of a United States Magistrate Judge to Exercise (Full) Jurisdiction (AO Form 85A)

Notice of Availability of a United States Magistrate Judge to Exercise Jurisdiction (AO Form 85)

Officer and Officer Assistant Medical Guidelines

Opinion and Order

Opinion and Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Plaintiffs’ Request for Preliminary Injunction

Opinion and Order of Sentencing

Opinion and Order of the Court

Opinion and Order of the Court Concerning Joint Motion to Approve Settlement and Enter Consent Decree

Opinion and Order On Post Judgement Motions

Orden de Aprobación Desaprobación Asignación a Individual

Orden de Aprobación Desaprobación Asignación de Abogado

Orden de la Devolución de la Fianza en Efectivo

Orden de la Devolución de la Fianza en Efectivo Asignado

Order Approving-Disapproving Assignment to Attorney

Order Approving-Disapproving Assignment to Individual

Order Concerning Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss and Defendants’ Initial Motion for Summary Judgment

Order Concerning Jurisdiction and Motions for Class Action Certification and Motions to Transfer Case to Court of Federa

Order Concerning Pending Motions and Referral to United States Magistrate Judge

Order Concerning Pending Motions for Summary Judgment

Order Concerning Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss

Order Concerning Preliminary Injunction

Order Denying Amendment Sept. 19, 1996

Order for Return of Assigned Cash Bail

Order for Return of Cash Bail

Order Granting Plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction

Order on Plaintiffs’ Emergency Motion for Injunction Pending Appeal

Order Re Pro Hac Vice Fees, filed January 6, 2014

Order Regarding Attorneys Fees and Costs

Order Regarding Plaintiffs’ Motion for Second Temporary Restraining Order

Order Regarding Sentencing and Judgment

Order Setting An Initial Status Conference, Hearing Regarding Jurisdiction, Venue, Request for Injunctive Relife and Oth

Petition Under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 for a Writ of Habeas Corpus (AO Form 242)

Petition Under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 for a Writ of Habeas Corpus (Replaces AO Form 241) by a Person in State Custody

Prisoner Civil Rights (Sec. 1983) Complaint Form

Pro Se Law Clerk Positions

Procedures on Electronic Submissions of Warrant Applications

Proposed Scheduling Order (Judge Pitman)

Proposed Scheduling Order (Judge Sparks)

Proposed Scheduling Order (Judge Yeakel)

Proposed Scheduling Order (Magistrate Judge Austin)

Proposed Scheduling Order (Magistrate Judge Lane)

Proposed Scheduling Order (Senior Judge Nowlin)

Report on the Filing or Determination of An Action Or Appeal Regarding A Copyright (AO Form 121)

Report on the Filing or Determination of an Action Regarding a Patent or Trademark (AO Form 120)

Service of Process

Solicitud de Asignación de Abogado

Solicitud de Assignmnt con la Persona

Solicitud de Devolución de Fianza en Efectivo

Solicitud de Devolución de Fianza en Efectivo Asignado

Subpoena to Appear and Testify at a Hearing or Trial in a Civil Action (AO Form 88)

Subpoena to Produce Documents Information or Objects or to Permit Inspection of Premises (AO Form 88B)

Subpoena to Testify at a Deposition or to Produce Documents in a Civil Action (AO Form 88A)

Summons in a Civil Action (AO Form 440)

Summons on a Third-Party Complaint (AO Form 441)

The Verdict and Opinion of the Court

Transcript Redaction Request

Waiver of a Preliminary Hearing (AO Form 468)

Waiver of Rule 32.1 Hearing (Violation of Probation or Supervised Release) (AO Form 466)

Waiver of Service of Summons (AO Form 399)

AT-1Download .PDF Copy of Rule AT-1. Admission Of Attorneys

B-1Download .PDF Copy of Appendix B-1 – Notice Of Right To Consent To Trial By Magistrate Judge

CR-1Download .PDF Copy of Rule CR-1. Scope And Applicability Of Rules

CV-1Download .PDF Copy of Rule CV-1. Scope of Rules

E-1Download .PDF Copy of Appendix E-1 – Application for Admission to Practice in the Western District of Texas

H-1Confidentiality and Protective Order_Appendix H-1

H-1Download .PDF Copy of Appendix H-1 – Confidentiality and Protective Order

AT-2Download .PDF Copy of Rule AT-2. Local Counsel

E-2Download .PDF Copy of Appendix E-2 – Application for Admission to Practice in the Western District of Texas – Del Rio On

H-2Confidentiality and Protective Order_Appendix H-2

H-2Download .PDF Copy of Appendix H-2 – Confidentiality and Protective Order

AT-3Download .PDF Copy of Rule AT-3. Withdrawal Of Attorney

CV-3Download .PDF Copy of Rule CV-3. Commencement of Action

AT-4Download .PDF Copy of Rule AT-4. Standards For Pretrial Conduct

AT-5Download .PDF Copy of Rule AT-5. Standards For Conduct Before The Judge And Jury

CV-5Download .PDF Copy of Rule CV-5. Service and Filing of Documents and Other Papers

CV-5Download .PDF Copy of Rule CV-5.2. Documents Filed Under Seal

AT-6Download .PDF Copy of Rule AT-6. Publicity And Trial Management

AT-7Download .PDF Copy of Rule AT-7. Discipline Of Attorneys

CV-7Download .PDF Copy of Rule CV-7. Pleadings Allowed; Form of Motions

AT-8Download .PDF Copy of Rule AT-8. Qualified Law Students And Unlicensed Law School Graduates

AT-9Download .PDF Copy of Rule AT-9. Change Of Address

CV-10Download .PDF Copy of Rule CV-10. Form of Pleadings

CR-12Download .PDF Copy of Rule CR-12. Pretrial Motions

DKT-13Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Transcript Order (DKT-13)

CV-15Download .PDF Copy of Rule CV-15. Amendment of Pleadings

CR-16Download .PDF Copy of Rule CR-16. Discovery And Inspection

CV-16Download .PDF Copy of Rule CV-16. Pretrial Conferences; Scheduling; Management

CR-17Download .PDF Copy of Rule CR-17.1 Marking Exhibits

CR-18Download .PDF Copy of Rule CR-18. Place Of Trial Within District

H20Opinion and Order Concerning the Internal Combustion Engine, H20, Homo Sapiens and Rhadine Exilis. (And the Survival of

CV-23Download .PDF Copy of Rule CV-23. Class Actions

CV-26Download .PDF Copy of Rule CV-26. General Provisions Governing Discovery

CV-30Download .PDF Copy of Rule CV-30. Depositions Upon Oral Examination

CR-32Download .PDF Copy of Rule CR-32. Sentence And Judgment

CV-33Download .PDF Copy of Rule CV-33. Interrogatories to Parties

CV-36Download .PDF Copy of Rule CV-36. Requests for Admissions

JS 44Civil Cover Sheet (JS 44)

JS 44Supplement to JS 44 Civil Cover Sheet (Cases Removed from State District Court)

CR-45Download .PDF Copy of Rule CR-45. Computing Time

CR-46Download .PDF Copy of Rule CR-46. Release From Custody; Reports Of Detained Material Witnesses

CR-47Download .PDF Copy of Rule CR-47. Motions And Responses

CR-49Download .PDF Copy of Rule CR-49. Serving And Filing Documents

CV-54Download .PDF Copy of Rule CV-54. Costs and Attorney Fees

CR-55Download .PDF Copy of Rule CR-55. Removal Of Records And Exhibits

CR-58Download .PDF Copy of Rule CR-58. Proceedings Before Magistrate Judges

CV-65Download .PDF Copy of Rule CV-65. Injunctions

CV-65Download .PDF Copy of Rule CV-65.1. Security; Proceedings Against Sureties

CV-67Download .PDF Copy of Rule CV-67. Deposit and Disbursement of Registry Funds

CV-72Download .PDF Copy of Rule CV-72. Magistrate Judges, Pretrial Matters

CV-79Download .PDF Copy of Rule CV-79. Removal and Destruction of Records and Exhibits

CV-88Download .PDF Copy of Rule CV-88. Alternative Dispute Resolution

AO89Subpoena To Testify At A Hearing Or Trial In A Criminal Case AO89

AO89BSubpoena To Produce Documents Information Or Objects In A Criminal Case AO89B

AO 435Transcript Order (AO 435)

USC 2255Motion to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct a Sentence by a Person in Federal Custody (Motion Under 28 USC 2255)