The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma will accept filings from pro se litigants through the portal linked below. This portal allows you to initiate a new case. Only documents in PDF format will be accepted for filing.
Prior to filing, you are encouraged to review our Local Rules for all filing requirements. You should also review the Manual for Pro Se Litigants. The links for the Local Rules and Manual for Pro Se Litigants are below.
You may only submit documents in PDF format and documents must not exceed 35 mb. If the PDF that you are submitting is too large, you will need to reduce its file size before uploading the document into the portal.
UNACCEPTABLE Documents: Documents formatted in Word, Excel, or other programs are unacceptable. ONLY documents in PDF format are accepted. If your filing has multiple documents, you will need to upload each document as its own separate PDF. Place all pages in each document as you want it to appear in a single docket entry.
If your PDF document is not processed due to noncompliance of document formatting, you will receive an email notification and the document will not be processed.
If your PDF document is successfully uploaded, confirmation will appear on the screen and a copy of the submission will be sent to the email address provided. Once received by the Clerk’s Office, your document will be processed.
Documents submitted through the pro se portal could take up to 24 business hours to be processed.
Submissions outside of regular business hours (8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday) or on holidays will not be reviewed or processed until the next business day. The documents will be filed with the actual submission date.
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