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1 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS . FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT. rules OF PRACTICE. FEDERAL rules of appellate Procedure FEDERAL Circuit rules Practice Notes FEDERAL Circuit Attorney Discipline rules FEDERAL Circuit Forms December 1, 2018. Washington, DC. Incorporating amendments to the FEDERAL rules of appellate Procedure appellate rules 8, 11, 25, 26, , 29, 31, 39, and 41 and FEDERAL Circuit rules 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and 44. UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS . FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT. Circuit Justice The Chief Justice Chief Judge Hon. Sharon Prost Circuit and Senior Circuit Judges Hon.

2 Pauline Newman Hon. Kimberly A. Moore Hon. Haldane Robert Mayer Hon. Kathleen M. O'Malley Hon. S. Jay Plager Hon. Jimmie V. Reyna Hon. Alan D. Lourie Hon. Evan J. Wallach Hon. Raymond C. Clevenger, III Hon. Richard G. Taranto Hon. Alvin A. Schall Hon. Raymond T. Chen Hon. William C. Bryson Hon. Todd M. Hughes Hon. Richard Linn Hon. Kara F. Stoll Hon. Timothy B. Dyk FEDERAL Circuit rules of Practice (December 1, 2018) Page i Circuit Executive and Clerk of COURT Peter R. Marksteiner Officers of the COURT and Senior Staff J. Douglas Steere Jarrett B. Perlow General Counsel and Senior Staff Chief Deputy Clerk Attorney Marilyn Wennes Dale Bosley Senior Technical Assistant Operations and Administrative Services John D.

3 Moore Riley Toussaint Circuit Librarian Acting Director of Information Technology Advisory Council Members Carter G. Phillips, Chair Hon. Leonard Davis (Retired) Matthias Kamber Tara D. Elliott Deanna Tanner Okun David Folsom Kevin Parton Michael R. Franzinger Adam R. Shartzer Martin F. Hockey, Jr. Robert L. Stoll Hon. James F. Holderman David O. Taylor (Retired). ex officio Peter R. Marksteiner George F. Hutchinson J. Douglas Steere Scott M. McCaleb James E. Brookshire Deborah Miron Robert K. Huffman Michael J. Schaengold FEDERAL Circuit rules of Practice (December 1, 2018) Page ii Table of Contents (click to move to the section).

4 Table of Contents .. iii Foreword .. vii Title I Applicability of rules .. 1. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 1 .. 1. FEDERAL Circuit Rule 1 .. 1. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 2 .. 3. Title II Appeal from a Judgment or Order of a District COURT .. 4. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 3 .. 4. FEDERAL Circuit Rule 3 .. 6. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 4 .. 8. FEDERAL Circuit Rule 4 .. 13. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 5 .. 15. FEDERAL Circuit Rule 5 .. 17. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 6 .. 18. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 7 .. 18. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 8.

5 18. FEDERAL Circuit Rule 8 .. 20. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 9 .. 22. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 10 .. 23. FEDERAL Circuit Rule 10 .. 26. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 11 .. 27. FEDERAL Circuit Rule 11 .. 30. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 12 .. 32. FEDERAL Circuit Rule 12 .. 33. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure .. 34. Title III APPEALS from the UNITED STATES Tax COURT .. 35. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 13 .. 35. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 14 .. 35. FEDERAL Circuit rules of Practice (December 1, 2018) Page iii Title IV Review or Enforcement of an Order of an Administrative Agency, Board, Commission, or Officer.

6 36. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 15 .. 36. FEDERAL Circuit Rule 15 .. 38. FEDERAL rules of appellate Procedure .. 44. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 16 .. 45. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 17 .. 46. FEDERAL Circuit Rule 17 .. 47. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 18 .. 50. FEDERAL Circuit Rule 18 .. 51. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 19 .. 53. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 20 .. 54. FEDERAL Circuit Rule 20 .. 54. Title V Extraordinary Writs .. 55. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 21 .. 55. FEDERAL Circuit Rule 21 .. 57. Title VI Habeas Corpus; Proceedings In Forma Pauperis.

7 59. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 22 .. 59. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 23 .. 59. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 24 .. 59. FEDERAL Circuit Rule 24 .. 61. Title VII General Provisions .. 63. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 25 .. 63. FEDERAL Circuit Rule 25 .. 67. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 26 .. 75. FEDERAL Circuit Rule 26 .. 78. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure .. 80. FEDERAL Circuit Rule .. 81. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 27 .. 82. FEDERAL Circuit Rule 27 .. 85. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 28 .. 93. FEDERAL Circuit Rule 28.

8 97. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure .. 104. FEDERAL Circuit rules of Practice (December 1, 2018) Page iv FEDERAL Circuit Rule .. 107. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 29 .. 109. FEDERAL Circuit Rule 29 .. 112. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 30 .. 113. FEDERAL Circuit Rule 30 .. 116. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 31 .. 125. FEDERAL Circuit Rule 31 .. 126. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 32 .. 129. FEDERAL Circuit Rule 32 .. 133. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure .. 137. FEDERAL Circuit Rule .. 138. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 33 .. 140. FEDERAL Circuit Rule 33.

9 141. FEDERAL Circuit Rule .. 141. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 34 .. 142. FEDERAL Circuit Rule 34 .. 144. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 35 .. 147. FEDERAL Circuit Rule 35 .. 149. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 36 .. 155. FEDERAL Circuit Rule 36 .. 156. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 37 .. 157. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 38 .. 158. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 39 .. 159. FEDERAL Circuit Rule 39 .. 161. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 40 .. 163. FEDERAL Circuit Rule 40 .. 164. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 41 .. 167. FEDERAL Circuit Rule 41.

10 169. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 42 .. 170. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 43 .. 170. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 44 .. 172. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 45 .. 173. FEDERAL Circuit Rule 45 .. 175. FEDERAL Circuit rules of Practice (December 1, 2018) Page v FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 46 .. 176. FEDERAL Circuit Rule 46 .. 177. FEDERAL Rule of appellate Procedure 47 .. 179. FEDERAL Circuit Rule .. 180. FEDERAL Circuit Rule .. 180. FEDERAL Circuit Rule .. 181. FEDERAL Circuit Rule .. 184. FEDERAL Circuit Rule .. 185. FEDERAL Circuit Rule 186.