Table of Contents APPEAL AS OF RIGHT - HOW TAKEN Local Rule 3(a). Filing and Docket Fees. Local Rule 3(b). Docketing Statement. I.O.P.-3.1. Transmission of District Court Order. APPEAL BY PERMISSION Local Rule 5. Interlocutory Orders. APPEAL IN A BANKRUPTCY CASE Local Rule 6(a). Bankruptcy Records. I.O.P.-6.1. Bankruptcy Appeals. STAY OR INJUNCTION PENDING APPEAL Local Rule 8. Stay or Injunction Pending Appeal. RELEASE IN A CRIMINAL CASE Local Rule 9(a). Release Prior to Judgment of Conviction. Local Rule 9(b). Release After Conviction and Notice of Appeal. Local Rule 9(c). Recalcitrant Witnesses. THE RECORD ON APPEAL Local Rule 10(a). Retention of the Record on Appeal in the District Court. Local Rule 10(b). Records on Appeal. Local Rule 10(c). Transcripts. Local Rule 10(d). Supplemental Records, Modification, or Correction. FORWARDING THE RECORD Local Rule 11(a). Transcript Acknowledgments. Local Rule 11(b). Time Limits for Filing Transcripts. Local Rule 11(c). Exhibits. Local Rule 11(d). Access of Counsel to Original Record. I.O.P.-11.1. Sanctions for Court Reporter's Failure to File a Timely Transcript. DOCKETING THE APPEAL; FILING A REPRESENTATION STATEMENT; FILING THE RECORD Local Rule 12(a). Appeals by Aggrieved Non-parties in the Lower Court. Local Rule 12(b). Joint Appeals/Cross-appeals and Consolidations. Local Rule 12(c). Expedition of Appeals. Local Rule 12(d). Abeyance. Local Rule 12(e). Intervention. REVIEW OR ENFORCEMENT OF AN AGENCY ORDER - HOW OBTAINED; INTERVENTION Local Rule 15(a). Docketing Fee. Local Rule 15(b). Petitions for Review. STAY PENDING REVIEW Local Rule 18. Procedures. WRITS OF MANDAMUS AND PROHIBITION, AND OTHER EXTRAORDINARY WRITS Local Rule 21(a). Case Captions for Extraordinary Writs. Local Rule 21(b). Petitions for Mandamus or Prohibition. Local Rule 21(c). Fees and Costs for Prisoner Petitions for Mandamus, Prohibition, or other Extraordinary Relief. Local Rule 21(d). Petitions for Writ of Mandamus Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3771, Crime Victims’ Rights. HABEAS CORPUS AND SECTION 2255 PROCEEDINGS Local Rule 22(a). Certificates of Appealability. Local Rule 22(b). Death Penalty Cases and Motions for Stay of Execution. Local Rule 22(c). Petitions for Rehearing in Death Penalty Cases. Local Rule 22(d). Motions for Authorization. I.O.P.-22.1. Death Penalty Cases. PROCEEDING IN FORMA PAUPERIS Local Rule 24. Prisoner Appeals. FILING AND SERVICE Local Rule 25(a). Electronic Case Filing System. Local Rule 25(b). Use of Email or Facsimile: Service. Local Rule 25(c) Confidential and Sealed Materials. COMPUTING AND EXTENDING TIME Local Rule 26. State Holidays and Inclement Weather. DISCLOSURE STATEMENT Local Rule 26.1. Disclosure Statement. MOTIONS Local Rule 27(a). Content of Motions; Notification and Consent. Local Rule 27(b). Procedural Orders Acted on by Clerk; Reconsideration Thereof. Local Rule 27(c). Form of Motions. Local Rule 27(d). Responses; Replies. Local Rule 27(e). Panel Assignments and Emergency Motions. Local Rule 27(f). Motions for Summary Disposition. BRIEFS Local Rule 28(a). Consolidated Cases and Briefs. Local Rule 28(b). Addenda and Attachments to Briefs. Local Rule 28(c). Responsibilities of Counsel Listed on a Brief. Local Rule 28(d). Joint Appeals and Consolidations. Local Rule 28(e). Citation of Additional Authorities. Local Rule 28(f). Statement of Case. Local Rule 28(g). Citations to the Appendix. BRIEF OF AN AMICUS CURIAE Local Rule 29(a) Leave to File Amicus Briefs Local Rule 29(b). Copies of Amicus Briefs APPENDIX TO THE BRIEFS Local Rule 30(a). Attorney Sanctions for Unnecessary Appendix Designations. Local Rule 30(b). Appendix Contents; Pagination; Number of Copies. Local Rule 30(c). Responsibility of Parties. Local Rule 30(d). Dispensing with Appendix. SERVING AND FILING BRIEFS Local Rule 31(a). Shortened Time for Service and Filing of Briefs in Criminal Cases. Local Rule 31(b). Briefing Orders. Local Rule 31(c). Briefing Extensions. Local Rule 31(d). Number of Copies. FORM OF BRIEFS, APPENDICES, AND OTHER PAPERS Local Rule 32(a). Reproduction of Appendices. Local Rule 32(b). Length of Briefs. Local Rule 32(c). Correction of Briefs and Appendices. CITING JUDICIAL DISPOSITIONS Local Rule 32.1. Citation of Unpublished Dispositions. APPEAL CONFERENCES Local Rule 33. Circuit Mediation Conferences. ORAL ARGUMENT Local Rule 34(a). Oral Argument; Pre-argument Review and Summary Disposition of Appeals; Statement Regarding the Need for Oral Argument. Local Rule 34(b). Informal Briefs. Local Rule 34(c). Court Sessions and Notification to Counsel. Local Rule 34(d). Argument Time. Local Rule 34(e). Motion to Submit on Briefs. I.O.P.-34.1. Calendar Assignments and Panel Composition. -34.2. Disposition Without Oral Argument. -34.3. Audio Files of Oral Argument. EN BANC DETERMINATION Local Rule 35. En Banc Proceedings. (Transferred to Local Rule 40) ENTRY OF JUDGMENT; NOTICE Local Rule 36(a). Publication of Decisions. Local Rule 36(b). Unpublished Dispositions; Opinion Distribution. I.O.P.-36.1.Opinion Preparation Assignments. -36.2. Circulation of Opinions in Argued Cases. -36.3. Summary Opinions. -36.4 Internet Citations in Opinions COSTS Local Rule 39(a). Reproduction Costs. Local Rule 39(b). Bill of Costs. Local Rule 39(c). Recovery of Costs in the District Court. PANEL REHEARING; EN BANC DETERMINATION Local Rule 40(a). Filing of Petition. Local Rule 40(b). Statement of Purpose. Local Rule 40(c). Time Limits for Filing Petitions. Local Rule 40(d). Decision to Hear or Rehear a Case En Banc. Local Rule 40(e). Decision of Cases Heard or Reheard En Banc. Local Rule 40(f). Additional Briefing for En Banc Hearing or Rehearing. Local Rule 40(g). Reproduction Costs for Briefs and Appendices Required for En Banc Review. Local Rule 40(h) Papers Filed After Denial of a Petition for Rehearing. I.O.P.-40.1. Submission of Petitions for Rehearing to the Court. 40.2. Panel Rehearing. MANDATE: CONTENTS; ISSUANCE AND EFFECTIVE DATE; STAY Local Rule 41. Motion for Stay of the Mandate. I.O.P.-41.1. Issuance of the Mandate. -41.2. Petitions for Writs of Certiorari. VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL Local Rule 42. Voluntary Dismissals. CLERK’S DUTIES Local Rule 45. Dismissals for Failure to Prosecute. I.O.P.-45.1. Clerk's Office. -45.2. Public Information. ATTORNEYS Local Rule 46(a). Legal Assistance to Indigents by Law Students. Local Rule 46(b). Admission to Practice. Local Rule 46(c). Appearance of Counsel; Withdrawal; Substitutions. Local Rule 46(d). Appointment of Counsel. Local Rule 46(e). Attorney's Fees and Expenses. Local Rule 46(f). Proceeding Pro Se. Local Rule 46(g). Rules of Disciplinary Enforcement. LOCAL RULES BY COURTS OF APPEALS Local Rule 47(a). Procedures for Adoption of Local Rules and Internal Operating Procedures. Local Rule 47(b). Advisory Committee on Rules and Procedures. I.O.P.-47.1. Judicial Conference. -47.2. Membership in the Judicial Conference of the Circuit.
