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    UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

    Eastern District of Texas

    Honorable Rodney Gilstrap, Chief Judge
    David A. O'Toole, Clerk of Court

    Transcript Rates - All Parties

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    Rates for Fiscal Years 2024 (10/1/2023-9/30/2024) and 2025 (10/1/2024-9/30/2025)

    Original Transcript Per Page Fee Rates

    Transcript Types

    Original Rate

    Increased Rate Fiscal Year 2024

    Increased Rate Fiscal Year 2025

    Ordinary Transcript (30-day)

    $3.65

    $4.00

    $4.40

    NOTE: The availability of the transcript delivery categories listed in the rows below is not guaranteed:

    • Pursuant to Section 7.b. of the Management Plan for Court Reporting and Recording Services, adopted by General Order 16-12, “No agreement shall be made to expedite any transcript which will delay the preparation of transcripts necessary for appeals”;
    • A staff or substitute reporter may not be realtime certified or have the equipment to provide realtime transcripts; and
    • If a reporter will need to hire assistance in order to produce a transcript in one of the categories below (e.g., scopist, substitute reporter), the reporter must be given sufficient time to make the arrangements. If a reporter is unable to make the necessary arrangements to accommodate a request to expedite transcript delivery, the request must be declined.

    If you wish to order a transcript from any category below, you are strongly encouraged to notify the judge’s court reporter of your request well in advance of the proceeding (or the division’s Deputy-in-Charge if the proceeding is scheduled before a magistrate judge or the name of the scheduled reporter is otherwise unknown).

    14-Day Transcript

    $4.25

    $4.70

    $5.10

    Expedited Transcript (7-day)

    $4.85

    $5.35

    $5.85

    3-Day Transcript

    $5.45

    $6.00

    $6.55

    Daily Transcript

    $6.05

    $6.70

    $7.30

    Hourly Transcript

    $7.25

    $8.00

    $8.70

    Realtime Transcript

    1 feed, $3.05;

    2-4 feeds, $2.10;

    5+ feeds, $1.50.

    1 feed, $3.40;

    2-4 feeds, $2.35;

    5+ feeds, $1.65.

    1 feed, $3.70;

    2-4 feeds, $2.55;

    5+ feeds, $1.80.

     

    Transcript Copy Per Page Rates

    Transcript Types

    First Copy

    Increased First Copy Fiscal Year 2024

    Increased First Copy Fiscal Year 2025

    Addt’l Copy

    Increased Addt’l Copy Fiscal Year 2024

    Increased Addt’l Copy Fiscal Year 2025

    Ordinary

    Transcript (30-day)

    $.90

    $1.00

    $1.10

    $.60

    $.70

    $.75

    14-Day Transcript

    $.90

    $1.00

    $1.10

    $.60

    $.70

    $.75

    Expedited

    Transcript (7-day)

    $.90

    $1.00

    $1.10

    $.60

    $.70

    $.75

    3-Day Transcript

    $1.05

    $1.20

    $1.30

    $.75

    $.85

    $.90

    Daily Transcript

    $1.20

    $1.35

    $1.45

    $.90

    $1.00

    $1.10

    Hourly Transcript

    $1.20

    $1.35

    $1.45

    $.90

    $1.00

    $1.10

    Realtime Transcript

    n/a

    n/a

    n/a

    n/a

    n/a

    n/a

     

    Rates prior to 10/01/2023

      Original First Copy to
    Each Party    		 Each Additional
    Copy to the
    Same Party
    Ordinary Transcript
    To be delivered within 30 calendar days after receipt of order.    		 $3.65 $.90 $.60
    14-Day Transcript
    To be delivered within 14 calendar days after receipt of order.    		 $4.25 $.90 $.60
    Expedited Transcript
    To be delivered within 7 calendar days after receipt of order.    		 $4.85 $.90 $.60
    3-Day Transcript
    To be delivered within 3 calendar days after receipt of order.    		 $5.45 $1.05 $.75
    Daily Transcript
    A transcript to be delivered on the calendar day following receipt of
    the order (regardless of whether that calendar day is a weekend or holiday),
    prior to the normal opening hour of the clerk’s office.    		 $6.05 $1.20 $.90
    Hourly Transcript
    To be delivered within two hours after receipt of order.    		 $7.25 $1.20 $.90
    Realtime Transcript
    A draft unedited transcript produced by a certified realtime reporter
    as a byproduct of realtime to be delivered electronically during proceedings
    or immediately following receipt of the order.

    One feed, $3.05 per page;
    two-to-four feeds, $2.10 per page;
    five or more feeds, $1.50 per page.

    Orders placed on or before the
    day of the proceeding will be
    batched together for purposes
    of determining the number of
    feeds; and subsequent orders
    will be charged at the lowest
    page rate assessed on the
    previous orders.

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    Transcript in CJA Cases
    In multi-defendant cases involving CJA defendants, only one transcript should be purchased from the court reporter on behalf of CJA defendants. One of the appointed counsel or clerk of court should arrange for duplication, at commercially competitive rates, of enough copies of the transcript for each CJA defendant for whom a transcript has been approved. The cost of duplication will be charged to the CJA appropriation. This policy does not preclude the court reporter from providing copies at a commercially competitive rate.