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Court Hours

The Courthouse is open to the public between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. The Court Clerk's Office is open between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. (Central Time) Monday through Friday. The exceptions to this are Federal holidays.

To enter the courthouse, a photo ID is required. No cameras, camera phones, or recording devices are permitted in the courthouse.

 

Drop Box

Outside of normal hours of operation, pleadings may be left in the "drop box". It is located just outside the double doors of the Court Clerks Office on the first floor. The drop box is accessible when the courthouse building is open to the public between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. The documents are picked up by our staff each day and file-stamped the day that they are placed in the box.

 

 

Counties Included in the Western District

Alfalfa	Comanche	Grant	Kiowa	Pottawatomie
Beaver	Cotton	Greer	Lincoln	Roger Mills
Beckham	Custer	Harmon	Logan	Stephens
Blaine	Dewey	Harper	Major	Texas
Caddo	Ellis	Jackson	McClain	Tillman
Canadian	Garfield	Jefferson	Noble	Washita
Cimarron	Garvin	Kay	Oklahoma	Woods
Cleveland	Grady	Kingfisher	Payne	Woodward

Electronic Records

Electronic Records for the Western District of Oklahoma are available for:

Civil Docket Reports Criminal Docket Reports Orders in Civil Cases Orders in Criminal Cases Pleadings in Civil and Criminal Cases

Jan. 1991 - present June 1992 - present August 1998 - present October 1999 - present October 14, 2003 - present

Number of Judges

The Court is authorized for six district judges and has one vacancy. The current judicial officers include five district judges, four senior judges, five full-time magistrate judges, one recalled magistrate judge, and one part-time magistrate judge.

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Magistrate Judge Authority

Magistrate judges hear civil matters pursuant to an order of reference entered in the case by the assigned district court judge. Magistrate judges hear preliminary matters in felony criminal cases pursuant to a general order of reference and independent statutory authority. Magistrate judges have the authority to hear misdemeanor cases and civil cases upon consent of the parties.

 

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