Guide § 5: Record on Appeal and Appendices

5.1. In an appeal in which the entire record of the lower court or administrative agency is available to this court in electronic form, no paper record on appeal will be transmitted to the clerk. If part of the record below is maintained in paper form, only that part must be transmitted to the circuit clerk when the court of appeals requests that the record be transmitted.

5.2. Except as provided in 6 Cir. R. 30(a), appendices to briefs are no longer required.

The clerk will not accept an appendix for filing in cases where it is not required.

5.3. In appeals from the district court where there is an electronic record in the district court, documents in the electronic record must not be included in an appendix. To facilitate the court’s reference to the electronic record in such cases, each party must include in its principal brief a designation of relevant district court documents; see 6 Cir. R. 30(g)(1). The designation must include for each document the record entry number from the district court docket and a description of the document.

5.4. In some instances the court’s electronic filing system may not be able to accept large scanned documents that may be necessary for an appendix. A filer encountering such a problem should contact the ECF Help Desk, available by phone at (513) 564-7000 during the hours 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Eastern time, Monday through Friday, or by e-mail at [email protected]. The court will work with the filer to resolve technical problems with filing large documents. If necessary, the court will extend the deadline for filing an appendix when such problems are encountered.