I.O.P. 16.1: Docketing and Briefing
Local Appellate Rules and Internal Operating Procedures of the Third Circuit — I.O.P. Chapter 16. Death Penalty Cases
Upon receipt of the required statement pursuant to Local Appellate Rule Misc.
111.2 (a), the clerk of this court shall establish a file and monitor the progress of any such case through the district court. At an appropriate time, the clerk may tentatively assign the case to a special panel. If no appeal is filed, the tentatively assigned panel will be returned to the pool of unassigned death penalty panel combinations. Upon the filing of any notice of appeal, request for certificate of appealability, 28 U.S.C. Section 2253(c)(1) and/or for stay, the clerk may establish, at the direction of the panel to which the case is assigned, a schedule for briefing and disposition on the merits.