Eighth Court of Appeals

Frivolous Appeals in Criminal Cases

• Certificate of Counsel (PDF)
• Certificate of Counsel (Word)

Oral Argument Acknowledgment

• Oral Argument Acknowledgment Form (PDF)

Certification of the Defendant's Right of Appeal

• PDF

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)
  • CV DS Addendum (Additional Parties/Attorneys) Word | WPD
• Criminal Docketing Statement (PDF)
• Challenge to Constitutionality of a State Statute (PDF)

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