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3 verbatim chambers requirements from Judge Sim Lake's published procedures (filing).
United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas — Judge Sim Lake's cases only. Chambers procedures change without notice; the judge's own published document controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Copies of all instruments exceeding 15 pages must be delivered to chambers within three days of filing.
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-26 from what the judge's own official page (https://www.txs.uscourts.gov/page/united-states-district-judge-sim-lake) and the court's procedure pages publish for the judge: https://www.txs.uscourts.gov/sites/txs/files/SLCourtroomProcedures.pdf (sha256 a2af50a0a468, pdf, 19 pages). Whole sentences with mandatory language, verbatim, whitespace normalised only; grouped by topic as the Florida federal lane (2026-09-14). Custody: BenchPath's private custody store. Regrouped 2026-09-26: the topic map's Mediation pattern matched 'mediate' inside words such as 'immediately', 'intermediate' and 'remediation', so sentences using those words were filed under Mediation & settlement; it now matches whole words only. The sentences are unchanged; only their topic page changed.
A 2013 standing order requiring attorneys to e-file family-law and civil documents (no paper filings accepted) as the court began compliance with the Supreme Court's e-filing mandate; criminal filing unchanged.
A 2013 standing order requiring attorneys to e-file family-law and civil documents (no paper filings accepted) as the court began compliance with the Supreme Court's e-filing mandate; criminal filing unchanged.
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