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(a) Length. Briefs in excess of the lengths provided by the rules are seldom permitted.

(b) Sample Briefs. The clerk’s office will not distribute sample briefs. However, copies are

available for inspection in the clerk’s office.

(c) Expedited Cases. In the following cases, this court directs the parties to file briefs on an

expedited basis and then schedules an oral hearing or submission on briefs as soon as

possible: recalcitrant witnesses under 28 U.S.C. § 1826 and grand jury contempt appeals.

Issuance of a routine briefing schedule and expedited argument or submission on briefs is

directed in the following cases: appeals from orders denying or granting preliminary or

temporary injunctions; interlocutory appeals under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b); direct criminal

appeals; and appeals in cases filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2241, 2254 and 2255. See

also Fed. R. App. P. 45(b).

Any other case may be expedited upon this court’s granting of a motion under 6 Cir. R.

27(f). If an appeal is ordered expedited, the clerk will fix a briefing schedule which will

permit the appeal to be set for oral argument at an early date, unless an earlier hearing date

is directed by a judge. The clerk will usually have some idea of the approximate date of

the hearing and will so advise counsel when the order is issued.