Circuit Rule 12: Docketing the Appeal
Circuit Rules and Operating Procedures of the Seventh Circuit — Title II. Appeal from a Judgment or Order of a District Court
(a) Docketing. The clerk will notify counsel and parties acting pro se of the date the appeal is docketed.
(b) Caption. The parties on appeal shall be designated in the title of the cause in court as they appeared in the district court, with the addition of identification of appellant and appellee, for example, John Smith, Plaintiff-Appellee v. William Jones, Defendant-Appellant. Actions seeking habeas corpus shall be designated “Petitioner v. Custodian” and not “United States ex rel. Petitioner v. Custodian”.