The Eleventh Circuit has made some minor tweeks to its Internal Operating Procedures (.pdf) (IOPs). If the mandate is going to be held due to a judge requesting a poll, the court will let the parties know via PACER. If you keep a paper copy of these rules, be sure to save a tree and […]
I wouldn’t want to be the lawyer who not only lost the appeal with a PCA, but also got admonished for not following the rules and properly citing to the record. Fla. R. App. P. 9.210(b)(2), people. It’s not just for breakfast any more. Siforov v. HSCB Bank, USA, No. 3D08-2895 (Fla. 3d DCA July […]
In yet another sign that the clerks of court are feeling pinched by budget cuts and rising case loads, the Manatee County Clerk tried to cut costs by sending the parties to certain criminal appeals only electronic copies of trial transcripts, and not traditional paper copies. But both the State and the public defenders missed […]