eFiling is coming in the Eleventh Circuit, but it won’t be saving as many trees as you would think. The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals will begin allowing voluntary e-filing of briefs and other appeal documents in pending appeals starting January 1, 2011. The Court’s General Order 37 [.pdf] adopts the Eleventh Circuit Guide to […]
The nomination of Judge Adalberto J. Jordán to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals continues to move through the Senate. On October 13, 2011, the Executive Committee of the Senate Judiciary Committee met to discuss judicial nominations. The committee moved the consideration of Judge Jordán and a few other nominees en banc, and by vocal […]
In talking about his new memoir, Five Chiefs, Justice Stevens gave the New York Times a great quote. It seems that after decades on the highest Court, Stevens is not inclined to sit by designation: “I kind of like not having to read a lot of briefs and get reversed by my former colleagues.†I […]