Circuit Rule 30: Appendix to the Briefs
D.C. Circuit Rules — Title VII. General Provisions
(a) Filing and Form. Except as provided in Circuit Rules 9 or 24, an appendix must be prepared as prescribed by FRAP 30. Appellant or petitioner must file 8 copies of the appendix with the court, and serve one copy on counsel for each separately represented party, at the time the brief for appellant or petitioner is filed, unless filing is to be deferred pursuant to FRAP 30(c). When an appendix is filed electronically, 7 paper copies must be filed in addition to the electronic version. The appendix must be reproduced on light paper by any duplicating or copying process capable of producing a clear black image; such duplication may be made on both sides of each page.
(b) Record Items to Be Included. The appendix must contain a copy of relevant portions of all pleadings, transcripts, and exhibits that are cited in the briefs. Counsel must not, however, burden the appendix with material of excessive length or items that do not bear directly on the issues raised on appeal. Costs will not be awarded for unnecessary reproduction of items such as discovery materials, memoranda, pretrial briefs, or interlocutory motions or rulings that lack direct relevance to the appeal; appropriate sanctions will be imposed, after notice and opportunity to respond, if the court finds counsel to have been unreasonable in including such material. Any portion of the record, whether or not included in an appendix, may be relied upon by the parties and by the court.
(c) Deferred Appendix Option. If all parties consent, they may utilize the deferred appendix option described at FRAP 30(c).
(d) Motion to Dispense With Appendix. For good cause shown, appellant or petitioner may be excused from the requirement of producing an appendix or any part thereof.
(e) Supplementing the Appendix. If anything material to the appeal or petition is omitted from the appendix, the clerk, on the duly served and filed written request of any party, may allow the appendix to be supplemented.
See also Circuit Rule 47.1 (Matters Under Seal).