FAQs

Filings

Do I Have To Serve Filings on Opposing Counsel?

Is Electronic Filing Required?

What Do I Do If My Electronic Document Is Too Large To File?

What Happens If I Need To File a Non-Documentary or Oversized Object?

What Do I Do If I Forget to Electronically Sign My Pleading, Motion, or Other Paper?

Are Graphical Signatures Permitted on Electronically Filed Documents?

How Do I File a Pleading, Motion, or Other Paper?

How Do I File a Civil Case?

What Format Must Electronically Filed Documents Be In?

How Long Do I Have to Register as an ECF User Once I Enter an Appearance?

Is it True that there is a Judge in the Northern District of Texas that Does Not Allow Electronic Filing?

What Do I Do in an Emergency if I Can’t File a Document Electronically Using the Court’s ECF System?

What If There’s an Emergency and I Can’t File a Document Electronically Because My Computer System is Down?

Can I Submit a Filing by Fax?

Motion Practice

Can My Filing Contain More than One Pleading, Motion or other Paper?

What Time Must a Document be Electronically Filed By?

Do I Get An Extra 3 Days to Respond to a Motion Filed Electronically in the Northern District of Texas?

When Must I Meet and Confer with Opposing Counsel Before Filing My Motion?

What Must a Certificate of Conference Include?

What Motions Do Not Require a Certificate of Conference?

Do I Need to Submit a Proposed Order with My Motion?

Must I Include a Brief with My Motion or Response?

When is the Deadline to File a Response and Brief?

When is the Deadline to File a Reply Brief?

Will Oral Argument be held on a Motion?

What are the Page Limits for Briefs?

Are Sur-Replies Allowed?

When Must a Brief Include a Table of Contents and Table of Authorities?

How Is a Continuance Obtained?

When is the Deadline for Filing a Bill of Costs?

What Must a Summary Judgment Motion and Response Include?

How Many Motions for Summary Judgment May be Filed?

Can a Document be Filed Under Seal?

What Happens to Sealed Documents After the Case is Finally Disposed Of?

Must Courtesy Copies be Submitted to the Presiding Judge?

How Do I Submit a Proposed Order to the Court?

If I’m Granted Leave to File a Document, and I Already Attached The Document As An Exhibit to a Motion, Must I File It Again?

Miscellaneous

Does the Northern District of Texas have Patent Rules?

When is Local Counsel Required?

How Must Attorneys Conduct Themselves at Trial or Hearings?

Can Jurors be Contacted?