11th Cir. R. 11-1 — Duties of Court Reporters; Extensions of Time: the court's own rule, verbatim from UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS for the ELEVENTH CIRCUIT FEDERAL RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT RULES INTERNAL OPERATING PROCEDURES (effective August 1, 2026), official PDF, sha-custodied. Court-level requirement: applies to appeals in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit alongside the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.
In each case in which a transcript is ordered, the court reporter shall furnish the following information on a form prescribed by the clerk of this court: (a) acknowledge that the reporter has received the order for the transcript and the date of the order; (b) state whether adequate financial arrangements have been made under CJA or otherwise; (c) state the number of trial or hearing days involved in the transcript and an estimate of the number of pages; (d) give the estimated date on which the transcript is to be completed. The court reporter shall notify the ordering party and the clerk of this court at the time that ordered transcripts are filed in the district court. A court reporter who requests an extension of time for filing the transcript beyond the 30 day period fixed by FRAP 11(b) shall file an application with the clerk of the court of appeals on a form provided by the clerk of this court and shall specify in detail the amount of work that has been accomplished on the transcript, list all outstanding transcripts due to this and other courts and the due date for filing each and set forth the reasons which make an extension of time for filing the transcript appropriate. Court reporters must file the application using this court’s Electronic Case Files (ECF) system, unless the court exempts the court reporter from the electronic filing requirements upon motion and a showing of good cause. The court reporter shall certify that the court reporter has sent a copy of the application to the district judge who tried the case and to all counsel of record. In some cases this court may require written approval of the request by the appropriate district judge. The clerk of the court of appeals shall also send a copy of the clerk’s action on the application to the appropriate district judge. If the court reporter files the transcript beyond the 30 day period fixed by FRAP 11(b) without having obtained an extension of time to do so, the clerk of the court of appeals shall so notify the appropriate district judge.
In each case in which a transcript is ordered, the court reporter shall furnish the following information on a form prescribed by the clerk of this court: (a) acknowledge that the reporter has received the order for the transcript and the date of the order; (b) state whether adeq