Guide § 6: Briefs on Appeal - Proof Briefs Eliminated
Rules and Internal Operating Procedures of the Sixth Circuit — Sixth Circuit Guide to Electronic Filing
6.1. Proof briefs are no longer required to be filed. The clerk will not accept a proof brief for filing.
6.2. Only one version of each brief is to be filed. Each brief will cite with specificity those parts of the record to which reference is made. Citation shall be to the record item being referred to and to the page of the appendix, if there is an appendix. See 6 Cir. R. 28(a).