US · rules
1st Cir. R. 31.0
Filing Briefs
(a) Time to File a Brief.
(1) Briefing schedules will be set in accordance with Fed. R. App. P. 31(a) once the record is
complete, including any necessary transcripts. When a brief (and addendum required by
Local Rule 28.0) is filed electronically in compliance with the court’s electronic filing
system, the court will review the electronic filing and notify the filer of the due date for the
paper copies of the brief. A reply brief may be rejected by the court if it contains matter
repetitive of the main brief, or which, in the opinion of the court, should have been in the
main brief.
(2) Unavailability of the transcript shall constitute cause for granting extensions, subject,
however, to the provisions of Local Rule 10.0, ante.
(b) Number of copies. Only 10 copies of briefs need be filed with the clerk and on motion for
cause shown, parties may be allowed to file even fewer copies. The disk required by Local
Rule 32.0 for briefs filed in paper form constitutes one copy for purposes of this rule. If a brief
is filed electronically in compliance with the court’s electronic filing system, the electronically
filed brief counts as one copy and nine paper copies must be filed.
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