Court Rules

El Paso County District Courts Courtesy Copy Requirements

6 rules from official source documents

When and how to deliver courtesy copies to chambers, including triggers, timing, and formatting. This page is scoped to El Paso County District Courts; use the court rules overview to switch categories without leaving this court.

Parties must provide the court one courtesy hard copy of motions, responses, and pertinent supporting documents no later than seven working days before the hearing.

Parties shall provide a coufiesy hard copy to the Court of motions. responses, and pertinent supporting documents, no later than 7 working days before hearing.

Court-level rulesOfficial source

A litigant electronically filing a pleading, motion, brief, appendix, or proposed order must include an electronic courtesy copy of each document with the filing.

When a litigant electronically files any pleading, motion, brief, appendices, or proposed order, the filing litigant must include electronic courtesy copies of the said document(s) to this court.

Judge Annabell Perez

A party electronically filing a document longer than 20 pages, including appendices, briefs, and attachments, must provide the court one courtesy paper copy of the entire document within three days.

Any party that electronically files a document containing more than twenty (20) pages (including appendices, briefs and/or attachments) SHALL PROVIDE the Court with a courtesy paper copy of the entire document within three days of the electronic filing.

Judge Annabell Perez

All parties and counsel must provide the court a courtesy copy of every electronic filing requiring a hearing or other court action.

All parties and counsel appearing before the 205th District Court shall provide the Court with a courtesy copy of any electronic filing that requires a hearing or other court action.

Judge Francisco X. Dominguez

At the time of any electronic filing, parties and counsel must send a courtesy copy through their e-filing service provider to 205DCEfile@epcounty.com.

All parties and counsel are further directed to provide a courtesy copy of any electronic filing through its e-filing service provider at the time of filing by sending it to 205DCEfile@epcounty.com

Judge Francisco X. Dominguez

A courtesy copy of the motion for default judgment or default order must be provided to the Court.

Finally, the parties and their counsel must comply with this Court’s Standing Order on E-Filing procedures, which includes providing a courtesy copy of the motion for default judgment or default order to the Court.

Judge Francisco X. Dominguez
Common questions about El Paso County District Courts courtesy copy requirements

Are courtesy copies required in El Paso County District Courts?

Courtesy-copy rule applies for pleadings, motions, briefs, appendices, and proposed orders. Details: delivery upon filing. A litigant electronically filing a pleading, motion, brief, appendix, or proposed order must include an electronic courtesy copy of each document with the filing.

View ruleSource: page 1, section STANDING ORDER — ALL CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CASES — MANDATORY E-FILING

Are courtesy copies required in El Paso County District Courts?

Courtesy-copy rule applies when a filing is > 20 pages. Details: delivery within 3 days. A party electronically filing a document longer than 20 pages, including appendices, briefs, and attachments, must provide the court one courtesy paper copy of the entire document within three days.

View ruleSource: page 1, section STANDING ORDER — ALL CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CASES — MANDATORY E-FILING

Are courtesy copies required in El Paso County District Courts?

All parties and counsel must provide the court a courtesy copy of every electronic filing requiring a hearing or other court action.

View ruleSource: page 1, section STANDING ORDER ON E-FILING