Second Court of Appeals
Filing Docketing Statements
UPDATE: The Civil Docketing Statement can now be e-signed using the free Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. Once e-signed, the Civil document is ready to be e-filed without printing to PDF.
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC links
Windows: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/install-reader-dc-windows.html
Mac: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/install-reader-dc-mac-os.html
Esigning: https://helpx.adobe.com/reader/using/sign-pdfs.html
The Criminal Docketing Statement must still be prepared for filing using the instructions below.
After completing the Criminal Docketing Statement, in order to create a PDF suitable for electronic filing you must print to a PDF file. If you don't have Adobe Acrobat Pro DC, free software is available to Print to PDF, including CutePDF for PC and PDFwriter for Mac.
Adobe Acrobat Users:• When printing, select “Adobe PDF” as your printer destination; you will be prompted to save the file.
If you don't have Adobe Acrobat, free software is available to Print to PDF, examples include:
• CutePDF for PC, when printing select "CutePDF Writer"
http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.as
(install both the writer and the converter)
• PDF Writer for MAC, when printing select "PDFWriter"
https://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfwriterformac/
Read New Uniform Docketing Statement Press Release
Trial Court's Certification of Defendant's Right of Appeal, Rule 25.2(d).
(Revised December 2018)