| United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas | |
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| (E.D. Tex.) | |
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| Location | William M. Steger Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse (Tyler) |
| Appeals to | Fifth Circuit |
| Established | February 21, 1857 |
| Judges | 8 |
| Chief Judge | J. Rodney Gilstrap |
| Officers of the court | |
| U.S. Attorney | Damien Diggs |
| U.S. Marshal | John M. Garrison |
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The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (in case citations, E.D. Tex.) is a federal court in the Fifth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).
The District was established on February 21, 1857, with the division of the state into an Eastern and Western District.[1]