Local Rule CV-65.1: Security; Proceedings Against Sureties
E.D. Tex. — Civil rule
LOCAL RULE CV-65.1 Security; Proceedings Against Sureties
(a) No Attorneys, Clerks, or Marshals as Sureties. No attorney, clerk, or marshal, or the deputies of any clerk or marshal shall be received as security on any cost, bail, attachment, forthcoming or replevy bond, without written permission of a judge of this court.
(b) Vexatious Litigants; Security for Costs. On its own motion or on motion of a party and after an opportunity to be heard, the court may at any time order a pro se litigant to give security in such amount as the court determines to be appropriate to secure the payment of any costs, sanctions, or other amounts which may be awarded against a vexatious pro se litigant.