Eastern District of Texas Courtesy Copy Requirements

Courtesy copies required for briefs/memoranda/motions over 75 pages.

Source text: Counsel shall deliver to chambers bound, tabbed courtesy copies of any brief, memorandum, or motion that exceeds seventy-five (75) pages, including exhibits, with the CM/ECF header after filing.

Courtesy copies required for briefs, memoranda, or motions exceeding 75 pages; must be bound, tabbed, with CM/ECF header, delivered after filing.

Source text: Counsel shall deliver to chambers bound, tabbed courtesy copies of any brief, memorandum, or motion that exceeds seventy-five (75) pages, including exhibits, with the CM/ECF header after filing.

One courtesy copy of exhibits and exhibit lists required at the beginning of trial or evidentiary hearing.

Source text: Each party should provide the Court with an original and one courtesy copies of exhibits and exhibit lists at the beginning of trial or evidentiary hearing.

Courtesy paper copies are required only for Markman briefings and dispositive motions in patent cases before Judge Mitchell.

Source text: IT IS ORDERED that courtesy paper copies shall only be filed for Markman briefings and dispositive motions in patent cases unless specifically requested by the undersigned.

Two copies of Exhibit List required for court

Source text: Provide the court with two copies of the Exhibit List, using form from the District Clerk’s Office.

Courtesy copies must contain only relevant pages and be placed in notebook binders.

Source text: On the courtesy copy, parties are to provide only specific pages that pertain to the issues and the courtesy copy shall be placed in notebook binders for the Court's use.

Parties are exempt from providing paper copies for documents over 10 pages.

Source text: Therefore, IT IS ORDERED that the Parties are exempt from complying with Local Rule CV-5(a)(9), which requires the filing party to provide the presiding judge with paper copies of all electronically filed documents over ten pages in length.

Courtesy copies only required when specifically requested by the judge.

Source text: IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that courtesy paper copies shall only be provided to chambers when specifically requested by the undersigned.

Parties are exempt from providing paper courtesy copies for documents over 10 pages unless specifically requested by the judge.

Source text: IT IS ORDERED that the Parties are exempt from complying with Local Rule CV-5(a)(9), which requires the filing party to provide the presiding judge with paper copies of all electronically filed documents over ten pages in length.

Paper courtesy copies are not required unless specifically requested by the court.

Source text: In any matter pending before the Honorable Bill Davis, paper copies of electronically filed documents should not be provided unless specifically requested by the court.