IOP § IV(C): Access to Slip Opinions
Rules of Appellate Procedure and Internal Operating Procedures of the Eighth Circuit — Internal Operating Procedures: IV. Deciding the Appeal
The court mails a copy of the slip opinion or order to parties proceeding pro se on the day it is entered on the docket. A copy of the slip opinion is also mailed to a criminal defendant in his or her direct criminal appeal even though represented by counsel. All CM/ECF participants will receive the opinion electronically. All published and unpublished opinions will appear on the court’s website at 10:00 a.m. on the day they are issued. The opinions are also transmitted electronically to the district court clerk’s office where the case originated. Each of the court’s libraries maintains a current edition of the court’s slip opinions. Opinions are transmitted to the various legal publishers. Subscriptions to the court’s slip opinions are not available, but the public may subscribe for an RSS feed of opinions from the court’s website. The court also provides a daily summary of all of its published and unpublished opinions. The summaries are available at the "Today's Opinions" link on the court's website.