Welcome to the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas. This site is designed to provide convenient and easy access to information about the court and its operations. Our main office is in Fort Smith, with satellite offices in El Dorado, Fayetteville, Harrison, Hot Springs, and Texarkana.
ATTENTION! Attorneys are required to register separately for access to the CM/ECF System in the WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS and the Eastern District of Arkansas.
Mailing Address Changes
Effective immediately, the Texarkana and Hot Springs Divisional Offices will no longer receive mail at their post office boxes. Mail should be sent to the following street addresses:
Texarkana Division
United States District Court
Office of the Clerk
500 North Stateline Avenue, Room 302
Texarkana, AR 71854
Hot Springs Division
United States District Court
Office of the Clerk
100 Reserve Street, Room 347
Hot Springs, AR 71901
Increase in Mileage Rates The mileage rate for the use of privately owned vehicles while on official business increased to 50.5 cents per mile, effective March 19, 2008. This rate applies to Court Staff, Jurors, Witnesses, Interpreters and CJA Panel Attorneys.
Increase in CJA Attorney Fees
The CJA Panel Attorney hourly compensation rate for non-capital cases has been increased from $94.00 to $100.00; and the maximum hourly rate for capital cases has been increased from $166.00 to $170.00 for services provided on or after January 1, 2008.
Amendments to Federal Court Rules
Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, and Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure will become effective December 1, 2007, absent action by Congress to reject, modify or deter them. Access to the Amendments of these Rules may be found at www.uscourts.gov/rules/index.html.
Included in the Amendments are restyled Illustrative Civil Rules Forms and restyled Appellate Rules Forms. Access to WordPerfect (WP) and Word-compatible (RTF) versions of revised Civil Forms 1 - 82 may be found at www.uscourts.gov/rules/cvforms2.htm and revised Appellate Forms 1 - 6 at www.uscourts.gov/rules/apforms2.htm.
Increase in Transcript Fees
The Judicial Conference of the United States has approved a ten percent increase to the maximum page rates for transcript orders received on or after October 18, 2007. In addition, the Judicial Conference has created a new rate for the delivery of transcripts within 14 days. Click here to view the Order adopting these increased rates.
2008 Eighth Circuit Judicial Conference Information
Please mark your calendars for the 2008 Eighth Circuit Judicial Conference to be held in Chicago, Illinois, August 11-15, 2008. The Conference site will be the Downtown Marriott Hotel on Michigan Avenue. For information concerning registration, please contact Michelle Braun, Assistant Circuit Executive at 314-244-2662. Further information on the 2008 Conference is available on the attached Memorandum. (More)
