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E. Specific Directives on Orders: Western District

 

1.  Submission of Proposed Order Upon Filing

For all motions, applications, objections to claims, and other requests for relief, including those with “negative notice language” (bankruptcy  case or adversary proceeding) filed in the Western District of Texas,  the Electronic Filer at the time of filing must separately submit a proposed order by electronic means using the Court’s Order Upload feature in the System.

Exception¹: Orders Pertaining to Wage Withholding and Filing Fee Installments. Requests for entry of order to pay wages and applications to pay filing fee in installments are considered administrative orders and proposed orders regarding these two pleadings shall be submitted as an attachment to the main document upon filing.
 

2.  Submission of Agreed and Court-Directed Orders and Judgments

The submission of orders and judgments to the Court, whether by agreement of the parties prior to a scheduled hearing or trial, or pursuant to a directive of the Court issued at the conclusion of a hearing or trial, shall be accomplished by electronic means using the Court’s Order Upload feature in the System.

 

3.  Specifications

Except as otherwise directed below, all orders submitted by electronic means in the Western District of Texas must conform to the following specifications:
 
(a)  The top margin on the FIRST PAGE must be four (4) inches. All other pages of the order will have a top margin of one (1) inch.
 
(b)  To assist the Court in verifying that the “entire” body of the submitted order has been properly transmitted, the LAST LINE in the order must consist of three (3) pound symbols (# # #) which is centered in the middle of the page to indicate that the order is completed.
 
(c)  A line for the date and a signature line for the judge is to be omitted. All orders will be signed electronically by the judge in the space provided by the top margin on the first page.
 
(d)  All orders prepared by legal counsel shall indicate the name of the law firm, the name of the attorney responsible for the order, the mailing address and phone number for the firm and, if desirable, the fax number and/or e-mail address. This information shall be included on the order, after the line containing the three (3) pound symbols.
 
(e)  If the submitting party wishes to indicate to whom copies of the signed order should be sent, those parties’ names and addresses shall be included on the order, after the line containing the three (3) pound symbols.