diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 354be628f..c26d93eb6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## 0.7.3-dev1
+## 0.7.3-dev2
 
 ### Enhancements
 
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 ### Fixes
 
+* Filetype detection if a CSV has a `text/plain` MIME type
 * `convert_office_doc` no longers prints file conversion info messages to stdout.
 * `partition_via_api` reflects the actual filetype for the file processed in the API.
 
diff --git a/test_unstructured/file_utils/test_filetype.py b/test_unstructured/file_utils/test_filetype.py
index 03f2155b8..c35fc5b87 100644
--- a/test_unstructured/file_utils/test_filetype.py
+++ b/test_unstructured/file_utils/test_filetype.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from unstructured.file_utils import filetype
 from unstructured.file_utils.filetype import (
     FileType,
     _is_code_mime_type,
+    _is_text_file_a_csv,
     _is_text_file_a_json,
     detect_filetype,
 )
@@ -368,7 +369,9 @@ def test_filetype_order():
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ("content", "expected"),
     [
-        (b"d\xe2\x80", False),
+        (b"d\xe2\x80", False),  # Invalid JSON
+        (b'[{"key": "value"}]', True),  # Valid JSON
+        (b"", False),  # Empty content
     ],
 )
 def test_is_text_file_a_json(content, expected):
@@ -376,3 +379,19 @@ def test_is_text_file_a_json(content, expected):
 
     with BytesIO(content) as f:
         assert _is_text_file_a_json(file=f) == expected
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("content", "expected"),
+    [
+        (b"d\xe2\x80", False),  # Invalid CSV
+        (b'[{"key": "value"}]', False),  # Invalid CSV
+        (b"column1,column2,column3\nvalue1,value2,value3\n", True),  # Valid CSV
+        (b"", False),  # Empty content
+    ],
+)
+def test_is_text_file_a_csv(content, expected):
+    from io import BytesIO
+
+    with BytesIO(content) as f:
+        assert _is_text_file_a_csv(file=f) == expected
diff --git a/test_unstructured/partition/test_auto.py b/test_unstructured/partition/test_auto.py
index ad4dc5423..8bb41f206 100644
--- a/test_unstructured/partition/test_auto.py
+++ b/test_unstructured/partition/test_auto.py
@@ -502,7 +502,6 @@ def test_auto_partition_works_with_unstructured_jsons():
 
 def test_auto_partition_works_with_unstructured_jsons_from_file():
     filename = os.path.join(EXAMPLE_DOCS_DIRECTORY, "spring-weather.html.json")
-
     with open(filename, "rb") as f:
         elements = partition(file=f, strategy="hi_res")
     assert elements[0].text == "News Around NOAA"
diff --git a/unstructured/__version__.py b/unstructured/__version__.py
index 37b4438d8..7e5ecedbd 100644
--- a/unstructured/__version__.py
+++ b/unstructured/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.7.3-dev1"  # pragma: no cover
+__version__ = "0.7.3-dev2"  # pragma: no cover
diff --git a/unstructured/file_utils/filetype.py b/unstructured/file_utils/filetype.py
index e339840d1..7d9e0c1f1 100644
--- a/unstructured/file_utils/filetype.py
+++ b/unstructured/file_utils/filetype.py
@@ -260,6 +260,9 @@ def detect_filetype(
         if _is_text_file_a_json(file=file, filename=filename):
             return FileType.JSON
 
+        if _is_text_file_a_csv(file=file, filename=filename):
+            return FileType.CSV
+
         if file and not extension and _check_eml_from_buffer(file=file) is True:
             return FileType.EML
 
@@ -327,14 +330,12 @@ def _detect_filetype_from_octet_stream(file: IO) -> FileType:
     return FileType.UNK
 
 
-def _is_text_file_a_json(
+def _read_file_start_for_type_check(
     filename: Optional[str] = None,
-    content_type: Optional[str] = None,
     file: Optional[IO] = None,
-):
-    """Detects if a file that has a text/plain MIME type is a JSON file."""
+) -> str:
+    """Reads the start of the file and returns the text content."""
     exactly_one(filename=filename, file=file)
-
     if file is not None:
         file.seek(0)
         file_content = file.read(4096)
@@ -343,13 +344,37 @@ def _is_text_file_a_json(
         else:
             file_text = file_content.decode(errors="ignore")
         file.seek(0)
-    elif filename is not None:
+    if filename is not None:
         with open(filename) as f:
-            file_text = f.read()
+            file_text = f.read(4096)
+    return file_text
 
+
+def _is_text_file_a_json(
+    filename: Optional[str] = None,
+    file: Optional[IO] = None,
+):
+    """Detects if a file that has a text/plain MIME type is a JSON file."""
+    file_text = _read_file_start_for_type_check(file=file, filename=filename)
     return re.match(LIST_OF_DICTS_PATTERN, file_text) is not None
 
 
+def _is_text_file_a_csv(
+    filename: Optional[str] = None,
+    file: Optional[IO] = None,
+):
+    """Detects if a file that has a text/plain MIME type is a CSV file."""
+    file_text = _read_file_start_for_type_check(file=file, filename=filename)
+    lines = file_text.strip().splitlines()
+    if len(lines) < 2:
+        return False
+    lines = lines[: len(lines)] if len(lines) < 10 else lines[:10]
+    header = lines[0].split(",")
+    if any("," not in line for line in lines):
+        return False
+    return all(len(line.split(",")) == len(header) for line in lines[:-1])
+
+
 def _check_eml_from_buffer(file: IO) -> bool:
     """Checks if a text/plain file is actually a .eml file. Uses a regex pattern to see if the
     start of the file matches the typical pattern for a .eml file."""
@@ -359,7 +384,6 @@ def _check_eml_from_buffer(file: IO) -> bool:
         file_head = file_content.decode("utf-8", errors="ignore")
     else:
         file_head = file_content
-
     return EMAIL_HEAD_RE.match(file_head) is not None
 
 
diff --git a/unstructured/nlp/patterns.py b/unstructured/nlp/patterns.py
index 733751f74..31df47b9f 100644
--- a/unstructured/nlp/patterns.py
+++ b/unstructured/nlp/patterns.py
@@ -105,3 +105,4 @@ ENDS_IN_PUNCT_RE = re.compile(ENDS_IN_PUNCT_PATTERN)
 # NOTE(robinson) - Used to detect if text is in the expected "list of dicts"
 # format for document elements
 LIST_OF_DICTS_PATTERN = r"\A\s*\[\s*{?"
+JSON_PATTERN = r"^(?:\{.*\}|\[.*\])$"