Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

News & Announcements

En Banc Session

The en banc court will rehear the cases listed below on September 24 - 25. For more details, including a link to hear the proceedings live please see the En Banc Session.
No. 23-30825, Parker v. Hooper
No. 23- 40605, Texas Medical Association v. HHS
No. 23-11184, Doe v. Planned Parenthood
The en banc court will rehear, No. 21-70010, Holberg v. Guerrero, and No. 24-50149, United States v. Texas, in January 2026, on a date to be determined.
Implementation of Multifactor Authentication for CM/ECF

9/5/2025
The PACER Service Center (PSC) has temporarily delayed enforcement of the updated password standards and only users who are prompted to enroll in MFA should do so. If you do not receive an MFA enrollment prompt at login, no action is necessary.

Please see the PDF below for details on the requirement for multifactor authentication (MFA) for PACER and CM/ECF.
Notice - Payments

Pay.gov must conduct a critical maintenance activity on Saturday, September 6, 2025, from 5:00 pm until 9:00 pm CT to accommodate an important infrastructure maintenance activity. All Pay.gov services will be unavailable during this window.