IOP I: Court Organization
Local Rules and Internal Operating Procedures of the First Circuit — Internal Operating Procedures
A. Facilities. The Clerk's Office and the appellate courtrooms are located in the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse at 1 Courthouse Way in Boston. The staff attorneys, the Court of Appeals library, the Circuit Executive and some of the appellate judges are located in the courthouse.
B. Clerk's Office. The office hours for the Clerk's Office are from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. In case of an emergency, the Clerk or the Chief Deputy Clerk may be contacted after hours; however, appropriate arrangements should be made with the Clerk's Office in advance. Although documents may be filed electronically at any time through the court's Case Management/Electronic Case Files (“CM/ECF”) system, the filer should not expect that the filing will be addressed outside regular business hours unless the filer contacts the Clerk's Office in advance to make special arrangements.
C. Library. The Court of Appeals library is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and attorneys practicing in the federal courts may use the library, but books and materials may not be removed.
D. Staff Attorneys. The office of the staff attorneys assists the Court in many ways including research, drafting memoranda and other forms of legal assistance to the Court.