ANNOUNCEMENT
Electronic Access to Sealed Documents and Service of Sealed Documents

On September 24, 2025, Chief Judge Mazzant entered a general order restricting electronic access to sealed documents beginning September 24, 2025. Sealed documents will continue to be filed in CM/ECF under existing procedures. Because sealed documents filed in CM/ECF will not be accessible or viewable electronically, service cannot be accomplished through CM/ECF. Parties will have to serve sealed documents by other appropriate means as provided by the Federal Rules of Procedure. The court will serve sealed documents in paper form by mail or other appropriate means. Requests for sealed documents filed by parties, made by a party entitled to access, should be made to the filer. Such requests made to the Clerk’s Office can only be processed for the fee set forth in the Judicial Conference’s fee schedule.

For more information and a copy of the general order, visit www.txed.uscourts.gov. Click on the Rules & Orders tab at the top of the page and select General Orders.

Please contact the Clerk’s Office if you have any questions.