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Local Rules — E.D. Tex.

72 local rules for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. See the court's official website for the authoritative text.

Civil Rules 36

Rule Title
CV-1 Scope and Purpose of Rules
CV-10 Form of Pleadings
CV-11 Signing of Pleadings, Motions, and Other Documents
CV-12 Filing of Answers and Defenses
CV-26 Provisions Governing Discovery; Duty of Disclosure
CV-3 Commencement of Action
CV-30 Depositions Upon Oral Examination
CV-34 Production of Documents and Things
CV-38 Right to a Jury Trial; Demand
CV-4 Complaint, Summons, and Return
CV-42 Consolidation; Separate Trials Consolidation of Actions
CV-43 Taking of Testimony
CV-47 Selecting Jurors
CV-5 Service and Filing of Pleadings and Other Documents
CV-50 Judgment as a Matter of Law in a Jury Trial
CV-5.2 Privacy Protections for Filings Made with the Court
CV-54 Judgments; Costs
CV-56 Summary Judgment Procedure
CV-6 Computation of Time
CV-62 Stay of Proceedings to Enforce a Judgment
CV-63 Inability of a Judge to Proceed, Reassignment of Actions after Recusal or Disqualification
CV-65 Injunctions
CV-65.1 Security; Proceedings Against Sureties
CV-7 Pleadings Allowed; Form of Motions and Other Documents
CV-72 Magistrate Judges
CV-77 District Courts and Clerks
CV-79 Records Kept by the Clerk
CV-81 Removed Actions
CV-83 Rules by District Courts; Judge's Directives
LAR (a) Authority and Scope
LAR (b) Maritime Attachment and Garnishment
LAR (c) Actions in Rem: Special Provisions
LAR (d) Possessory, Petitory, and Partition Actions
LAR (e) Actions In Rem and Quasi In Rem: General Provisions
LAR (f) Limitation of Liability
LAR (g) Special Rules

Criminal Rules 10

Rule Title
CR-1 Scope
CR-10 Arraignments
CR-16.1 Pretrial Discovery Conference
CR-24 Trial Jurors
CR-47 Motions
CR-49 Service and Filing
CR-49.1 Privacy Protection for Filings Made with the Court
CR-55 Records
CR-59 Matters Before a Magistrate Judge
CR-6 The Grand Jury

Attorney Rules 3

Rule Title
AT-1 Admission to Practice
AT-2 Attorney Discipline
AT-3 Standards of Practice to be Observed by Attorneys

Patent Rules 23

Rule Title
1-1 Title
1-2 Scope and Construction
1-3 Effective Date
2-1 Governing Procedure
2-2 Confidentiality
2-3 Certification of Initial Disclosures
2-4 Admissibility of Disclosures
2-5 Relationship to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
2-6 Assignment of Related Cases
3-1 Disclosure of Asserted Claims and Infringement Contentions
3-2 Document Production Accompanying Disclosure
3-3 Invalidity Contentions
3-4 Document Production Accompanying Invalidity Contentions
3-5 Disclosure Requirement in Patent Cases for Declaratory Judgment
3-6 Amending Contentions
3-7 Opinion of Counsel Defenses
3-8 Disclosure Requirements for Patent Cases Arising Under 21 U.S.C. § 355 (Hatch-Waxman Act)
4-1 Exchange of Proposed Terms and Claim Elements for Construction
4-2 Exchange of Preliminary Claim Constructions and Extrinsic Evidence
4-3 Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing Statement
4-4 Completion of Claim Construction Discovery
4-5 Claim Construction Briefs
4-6 Claim Construction Hearing