Information About the Location and Duties of the Texas District Court

There is a Texas District Court in each of four judicial districts under Federal jurisdiction and they are:

•    U.S. District Court for the Eastern District
•    U.S. District Court for the Northern District
•    U.S. District Court for the Southern District
•    U.S. District Court for the Western District

Eastern District

The Eastern District http://www.txed.uscourts.gov is located at Tyler, 211 W Ferguson St, Room 106, Tyler, TX 75702, Phone: (903) 590-1000. The court covers 43 counties, and there are 8 judges and 5 divisional offices:

•    Beaumont: 300 Willow St, Ste 104, Beaumont, TX 77701; Phone: (409) 654-7000.
•    Sherman: 101 E. Pecan, Room 216, Sherman, TX 75090; Phone: (903) 892-2921
and 7940 Preston Road, Plano, TX 75024; Phone: (214) 872-4800.
•    Lufkin: 04 North Third Street, Lufkin, TX 75901; Phone: (936) 632-2739.
•    Marshall: 100 E Houston, Room 125, Marshall, TX 75670; Phone: (903) 935-2912.
•    Texarkana: 500 N State Line Ave, P.O. Box 2090, Texarkana, TX 75504; Phone: (903) 794-8561.

Northern District

The Northern District Court is in Dallas, http://www.txnd.uscourts.gov. There are 12 assigned judges and the court covers 100 counties:

•    Headquarters in Dallas: 1100 Commerce St., Room 1452, Dallas, TX 75242, Phone: (214) 753-2200.
•    Abilene: 341 Pine St., Room 2008, Abilene, TX 79601, Phone: (325) 677-6311.
•    Amarillo: 205 E. Fifth St., Room 133, Amarillo, TX 79101-1559, Phone: (806) 468-3800.
•    Ft. Worth: 501 W. 10th St., Room 310, Ft. Worth, TX 76102-3673, Phone: (817) 850-6600.
•    Lubbock: 1205 Texas Ave., Room 209, Lubbock, TX 79401-4091. Phone: (806) 472-1900.
•    San Angelo: 33 E. Twohig Ave., Room 202, San Angelo, TX 76903-6451, Phone: (325) 655-4506.
•    Wichita Falls: 1000 Lamar St., 203, Wichita Falls, TX 76301, Phone: (940) 767-1902.

Southern District

The Southern District Court whose website is http://www.txsd.uscourts.gov has 19 assigned judges and it covers 44 counties:

•    515 Rusk Avenue P. O. Box 61010, Houston, TX 77002.
•    600 E. Harrison St., Brownsville, TX 78520. 
•    312 S. Main, Room 406, P. O. Box 1638, Victoria, TX 77901.  
•    1133 N. Shoreline Blvd., Corpus Christi, TX 78401. 
•    1300 Victoria St., Ste. 1131, Laredo, TX 78040.
•    601 Rosenberg, Room 411 P. O. Drawer 2300, Galveston TX 77550. 
•    1701 W. Bus. Hwy. 83, Ste. 1011, McAllen, TX 78501. 

Western District

The Western District Court, http://www.txwd.uscourts.gov , has 13 assigned judges and the 7 divisions cover 69 counties:

•    Austin: 200 West 8th St., Room 130, Austin, TX 78701.
•    Del Rio: 111 East Broadway, Room L100, Del Rio, TX 78840.
•    El Paso: 511 East San Antonio Ave., Room 219, El Paso, TX 79901.
•    Midland-Odessa: 200 East Wall, Room 107, Midland, TX 79701.
•    Pecos: 410 South Cedar, Pecos, TX 79772.  
•    San Antonio: 655 East Durango Blvd., Room G65, San Antonio, TX 78206.
•    Waco: 800 Franklin Ave., Room 380, Waco, Texas 76701.

Additional Offices:
 
•    Alpine, 2450 State Hwy. 118, Alpine, TX 79830. 
•    U.S. District Clerk's Office, MG Williams Judicial Center Bldg. 5794, Tank Destroyer Blvd., P. O. Box 5507, Fort Hood, TX 76544-0507. 
•    U.S. Probation Office, 1005 Marlandwood Road, Suite 113, Temple, TX 76502.

Appeals from the District Court are heard by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (other than for cases of patent claims and claims that are filed against the government under the Tucker Act, in which the Federal Circuit is where the appeal needs to be filed). Failing that, you can appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.