Del Rio federal courthouse to close June 26, offices affected
The Del Rio federal courthouse will close June 26, shutting down clerk, probation, pretrial and public defender offices for the day. The division serves seven counties, including Val Verde.
The Del Rio federal courthouse will be closed on Friday, June 26, shutting down the division’s clerk, probation, pretrial and public defender offices for the day. For anyone with a filing, hearing or reporting obligation, the practical risk is simple: a trip to 111 East Broadway in Del Rio could end at a locked building.
The closure affects the offices of the United States District Courts, United States Magistrate Courts, the United States District Clerk, United States Probation, United States Pretrial Services and the Federal Public Defender. The court posted the order on June 11 and said the Del Rio Division would be closed for the day, though it did not explain the reason in the brief notice.
That matters across a wide stretch of the Borderland. The Del Rio Division includes Edwards, Kinney, Maverick, Terrell, Uvalde, Val Verde and Zavala counties, and court for the division is held in Del Rio. In practical terms, that makes the courthouse a central stop for criminal cases, probation matters, filings and representation tied to federal court in Val Verde County and the surrounding region.
The clerk’s office is listed at 111 East Broadway, Room L100, Del Rio, Texas 78840, with office hours normally running from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. CST. Chief U.S. District Judge Alia Moses is based there at 111 East Broadway, Room A-202, and U.S. District Judge Ernest Gonzalez is based there at Room A-203. With those chambers in the same building, the closure is not just an administrative pause. It reaches the core of the local federal court operation.
The order says security operations by the United States Marshals Service and the United States Attorney’s Office will remain the same and unaffected. That means law-enforcement and prosecutorial functions may continue even as the public-facing courthouse offices are closed.
The Western District of Texas has also posted a separate Del Rio closure for Monday, April 6, 2026, and its court-holidays page notes that office closures can happen outside the usual holiday schedule. For anyone with a deadline or scheduled appearance, the safest move is to confirm whether a matter is being moved or rescheduled before June 26, rather than assume normal courthouse access.
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