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Local Rules — 7th Cir.

70 rules: the Circuit Rules and Operating Procedures of the Seventh Circuit. See the court's official website for the authoritative text.

Title I. Applicability of Rules 2

RuleTitle
Circuit Rule 1 Scope of Rules
Circuit Rule 2 Suspension of Circuit Rules

Title II. Appeal from a Judgment or Order of a District Court 6

RuleTitle
Circuit Rule 3 Notice of Appeal, Docketing Fee, Docketing Statement, and Designation of Counsel of Record
Circuit Rule 8 Motions for Stays and Injunctions Pending Appeal
Circuit Rule 9 Motions Concerning Custody Pending Trial or Appeal
Circuit Rule 10 Preparation and Accessibility of Record in District Court Appeals
Circuit Rule 11 [Rescinded]
Circuit Rule 12 Docketing the Appeal

Title VI. Habeas Corpus; Proceedings in Forma Pauperis 2

RuleTitle
Circuit Rule 22 Death Penalty Cases
Circuit Rule 22.2 Successive Petitions for Collateral Review

Title VII. General Provisions 32

RuleTitle
Circuit Rule 25 Electronic Filing
Circuit Rule 26 Extensions of Time to File Briefs
Circuit Rule 26.1 Disclosure Statement
Circuit Rule 27 Emergency Filings
Circuit Rule 28 Briefs
Circuit Rule 28.1 Cross-Appeals
Circuit Rule 29 Brief of an Amicus Curiae
Circuit Rule 30 Appendices
Circuit Rule 31 Filing of Briefs and Failure to Timely File Briefs
Circuit Rule 32 Form of a Brief
Circuit Rule 32.1 Publication of Opinions
Circuit Rule 33 Prehearing Conference
Circuit Rule 34 Oral Argument
Circuit Rule 35 Petitions for Rehearing En Banc [Rescinded]
Circuit Rule 36 Reassignment of Remanded Cases
Circuit Rule 39 Costs of Printing Briefs and Appendices
Circuit Rule 40 Petitions for Rehearing
Circuit Rule 41 Immediate Issuance of Mandate After Certain Dispositions
Circuit Rule 43 Change in Public Offices
Circuit Rule 45 Fees
Circuit Rule 46 Attorneys
Circuit Rule 46.1 Duties, Withdrawal, and Appointment of Trial Counsel in Criminal Cases
Circuit Rule 47 Advisory Committee
Circuit Rule 50 Judges to Give Reasons when Dismissing a Claim, Granting Summary Judgment, or Entering an Appealable Order
Circuit Rule 51 Summary Disposition of Certain Appeals by Convicted Persons; Waiver of Appeal
Circuit Rule 52 Certification of Questions of State Law
Circuit Rule 53 [Rescinded]
Circuit Rule 54 Remands from Supreme Court
Circuit Rule 55 Prohibition of Photographs and Broadcasts
Circuit Rule 56 Opportunity to Object and Make Proposals on the Record
Circuit Rule 57 Remands for Revision of Judgment [Rescinded]
Circuit Rule 60 Seventh Circuit Judicial Conference

Appendix of Forms to the Circuit Rules 3

RuleTitle
Appendix I Notice Re: Defendant Counsel's Motion for Leave to Withdraw under Circuit Rule 51(b)
Appendix II Form of Notice for Motion for Dismissal under Circuit Rule 51(d)
Appendix III Form of Acknowledgment of Attorney's Motion for Dismissal and Consent to the Dismissal of the Appeal

Operating Procedures 12

RuleTitle
Operating Procedures Introduction
Operating Procedure 1 Motions
Operating Procedure 2 Titles and Precedence of Judges
Operating Procedure 3 Issuance of Opinions [abrogated]
Operating Procedure 4 Inclusion of Costs [abrogated]
Operating Procedure 5 Hearings and Rehearings En Banc
Operating Procedure 6 Panel Assignments in Certain Cases
Operating Procedure 7 Routine Action by the Clerk
Operating Procedure 8 Multiple Appeals
Operating Procedure 9 Presumptive Times for Action
Operating Procedure 10 Sealing Portions of the Record
Operating Procedure 11 Video-Recording Policy

Plan of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit to Supplement the Plans of the Several United States District Courts within the Seventh Circuit 9

RuleTitle
CJA Plan Introduction
CJA Plan I Statement of Policy
CJA Plan II Preparation of Panel of Attorneys
CJA Plan III Determination of Need for Appointment of Counsel
CJA Plan IV Appointment of Counsel
CJA Plan V Duties of Appointed Counsel
CJA Plan VI Payment of Claims for Compensation and Expenses
CJA Plan VII Miscellaneous
CJA Plan VIII Effective Date

Standards for Professional Conduct within the Seventh Federal Judicial Circuit 4

RuleTitle
Preamble Standards for Professional Conduct
Lawyers' Duties to Other Counsel Standards for Professional Conduct
Lawyers' Duties to the Court Standards for Professional Conduct
Courts' Duties to Lawyers Standards for Professional Conduct