Procedures verified July 16, 2026
Judge Mark T. Pittman -- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
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Key Traps — Where Counsel Gets Caught
- 1. All motions require a proposed order in Microsoft Word format (not PDF) and must be emailed to Pittman_Orders@txnd.uscourts.gov, with the case number and the document number of the referenced motion in the subject line (e.g., 4-23-cv-001, ECF No. 1).
- 2. Any motion, response, or reply must be formatted as follows: Times New Roman, 12-point font, double-spaced text, single-spaced and bolded headings, one-inch margins on all sides, justified, centered page numbers, and single-spaced footnotes. Citations should be in text (not in footnotes), include italicized case names (not underlined) and statutes in small caps, and otherwise comply with the most recent edition of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation.
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