Common ECF Events with Definitions
- Select this entry for all formal briefs. Within the entry you will select the type of brief you are filing; opening, response, reply, opening & response, response & reply, supplemental opening, or supplemental response. See Brief and Appendix Requirements for detailed information on formal brief contents and format.
- All parties to a civil or bankruptcy case and all corporate defendants in a criminal case (excluding the United States, indigent parties, and state or local governments in pro se cases) must file the Disclosure statement within 14-days of case initiation.
- The government is required to file a disclosure statement if there is an organizational victim in a criminal case. A disclosure statement for debtor information in a bankruptcy case is required (even if the debtor is not a party to the appeal).
- Select this entry when filing any non-sealed motion. Within the entry you will choose a “relief” to specify the type of motion. If the motion contains sealed material, file a redacted version using the Motion entry and the sealed version using the SEALED DOCUMENT entry and Certificate of confidentiality entry.
Common Motion Reliefs
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Relief
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Use
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Approve/authorize
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Use when seeking approval for CJA funds for travel, translators, copy shops, etc.
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Extend filing time
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Use when seeking an extension of time to file a document.
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Dismiss appeal
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Use when asking the court to dismiss the appeal. If the motion is also asking to stay/suspend the briefing shedule, also select the relief “Suspend.” Do not use when the appellant/petitioner is seeking to have the appeal dismissed pursuant to FRAP 42(b).
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Dismiss appeal pursuant to FRAP 42(b)
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Use when the appellant/petitioner agrees to dismiss the appeal.
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Suspend
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Use when seeking suspension of a briefing schedule.
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Withdraw
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Do not use when counsel is seeking to withdraw or be relieved as counsel of record.
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Withdraw/relieve/substitute
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Use when counsel is seeking to withdraw or be relieved as counsel of record.
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- Select this entry to inform the court that a brief will not be filed by a party to the case. Do not use Letter or Notice re: to file notice that a brief will not be filed.
- Any attorney arguing, as well as any attorney appearing on behalf of a separately represented co-defendant in a consolidated criminal case, must file the Oral Argument Acknowledgment form within seven days of service of the Oral Argument Notification.
- Select this entry if you are filing a petition seeking rehearing by the panel only
- Select this entry if you are filing a petition seeking rehearing by the en banc court only.
- Select this entry if you are filing a petition seeking rehearing by the panel OR the en banc court.
- Select this entry when responding to the court’s Notice requesting response to similar case inquiry.
- Select this entry when notifying the court of additional authorities pursuant to FRAP 28(j). Do not use Letter or Notice re: to file Supplemental Authorities.