With the authorization of the United States Judicial Conference, the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas is accepting applications for the appointment of one positions as full-time United States Magistrate Judge in El Paso, Texas. The application must be received no later than 5:00 PM (Central Time) Friday, June 21, 2024.Questions may be directed to Human Resources, (210) 249-4034. Additional information regarding the appointment and an application form are listed below. Public Notice For Appointment of United States Magistrate Judge, El
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By Order of the Court, the Del Rio Division will be closed on Thursday, May 16, 2024 from 8:00am to 1:00pm. This order affects the U.S. District Courts, U.S. Magistrate Courts, U.S. District Clerk’s Office, U.S. Probation Office, U.S. Pretrial Services Office, and U.S. Federal Public Defender Office. For more information, click the title of this news item to view the Del Rio Order.
The Western District of Texas ECF system will be be unavailable due to extended maintenance. This outage will begin at 8 AM CST on Saturday May 18, 2024 and extend through 8 AM CST on Monday May 20, 2024. If this maintenance is completed prior to that time, this notice will be removed. Please plan accordingly. Thank you in advance
We have had recent reports that potential jurors are receiving scam phone calls regarding jury duty. The U.S. Marshals and the FBI are alerting the public of several nationwide imposter scams involving individuals claiming to be U.S. marshals, court officers, or other law enforcement officials. During these calls, scammers attempt to collect a fine in lieu of arrest due to a claim of identity theft, failing to report for jury duty, or other offenses. Anyone who suspects a jury scam should not provide the requested
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You may have seen the recent “Coming Soon” banner while signing in to eVoucher, announcing the implementation of Login.gov. This is a Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) login method for CJA Panel Attorneys and Experts coming May 11th. MFA is a layered approach to securing data and applications where a system requires a user to present a combination of two or more credentials to verify a user’s identity for eVoucher sign in. Please go to the CJA tab from our website. From there, select Training Materials.
By Order of the Court, the El Paso Division will be closed on Friday, July 5, 2024. This order affects the U.S. District Courts, U.S. Magistrate Courts, U.S. District Clerk’s Office, U.S. Probation Office, and U.S. Pretrial Services Office. For more information, click the title of this news item to view the El Paso Order.
By Order of the Court, the Del Rio Division will be closed on Friday, April 19, 2024 from 12:00pm to 5:00pm. This order affects the U.S. District Courts, U.S. Magistrate Courts, U.S. District Clerk’s Office, U.S. Probation Office, U.S. Pretrial Services Office, andU.S. Federal Public Defender Office. For more information, click the title of this news item to view the Del Rio Order.
By Order of the Court, the San Antonio Division will be closed on Friday, April 12, 2024 from 2:00pm to 5:00pm. This order affects the U.S. District Courts, U.S. Magistrate Courts, U.S. District Clerk’s Office, U.S. Probation Office, U.S. Pretrial Services Office, U.S. Federal Public Defender Office and the Executive Offices of the U.S. District Clerk. For more information, click the title of this news item to view the San Antonio Order.
By Order of the Court, the Waco Division will be closed on Monday, April 8, 2024. This order affects the U.S. District Courts, U.S. Magistrate Courts, U.S. District Clerk’s Office, U.S. Probation Office, U.S. Pretrial Services Office, U.S. Bankruptcy Court and the U.S. Federal Public Defender Office. For more information, click the title of this news item to view the Waco Order.
The Court has ordered the reopening of the Alpine Federal Courthouse effective immediately on March 7, 2024. The Court has advised that the issues with the Alpine Federal Courthouse has been resolved and the courthouse has been cleared for return. Please click the title of this News item to view the Alpine General Order.
