Eastern District of Texas
| United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas | |
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| Location: | Tyler, Texas |
| Appeals to: | Fifth Circuit |
| Established: | February 21, 1857 |
| Judges assigned: | 8 |
| Chief Judge: | Ron Clark |
| Official court website | |
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (in case citations, E.D. Tex.) is a federal court in the Fifth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).
The District was established on February 21, 1857 with the division of the state into an Eastern and Western District.
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas is one of four federal judicial districts in Texas. Court for the District is held at Beaumont, Lufkin, Marshall, Plano, Sherman, Texarkana, and Tyler.
Beaumont Division comprises the following counties: Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Newton, and Orange.
Lufkin Division comprises the following counties: Angelina, Houston, Nacogdoches, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Trinity, and Tyler.
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