I.O.P. 2.3: Failure to Notify Presiding Judge
Local Appellate Rules and Internal Operating Procedures of the Third Circuit — I.O.P. Chapter 2. Oral Argument
Should a judge fail to notify other panelists orally or in writing of his or her views 22 days before the panel sitting, the presiding judge assumes that the non-notifying judge agrees to be bound by the determinations of the other two judges or of the presiding judge, as the case may be.