Eighth Court of Appeals
Frivolous Appeals in Criminal Cases
Oral Argument Acknowledgment
Certification of the Defendant's Right of Appeal
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
Criminal Docketing Statement must still be prepared for filing using the instructions below.
After completing the Criminal Docketing form, 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
- When printing, select "Adobe PDF" as your printer; you will be prompted to save the file.
CutePDF for PC
- When printing, select "CutePDF Writer" as your printer
- Download at http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.as (install both the writer and the converter)
PDFwriter for Mac
- When printing, select "PDFWriter" as your printer
- Download at https://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfwriterformac/
Forms
- Civil Docketing Statement (PDF)
- Criminal Docketing Statement (PDF)
- Challenge to Constitutionality of a State Statute (PDF)
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