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Mandatory E-Filing for 151st Civil District Court of Harris County, Texas
Judge Mike Engelhart reports: [The court] posted its ?Standing Order? on its website?s Court Procedures page requiring all documents in new lawsuits to be electronically filed. A link to the court?s standing order is posted on the procedures page.

It is the Court?s hope that by instituting this new requirement for all new lawsuits in the 151st, more courts will take the plunge and become mandatory e-filing courts, and that Harris County will thereby catch up with Travis County, certain courts in Montgomery and Jefferson Counties, and all federal courts, which require electronic filing of documents.

The Standing Order allows exceptions for pro-se litigants, and allows for waivers to be granted by the Court in the case of substantial hardship.

Full post as published by Legal Dockets Online on April 21, 2009 (boomark / email).