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11th Cir. R. 11-3 — Preparation and Transmission of Exhibits - Duties of District Court Clerk: 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.
The clerk of the district court is responsible for transmitting with the record to the clerk of this court a list of exhibits correspondingly numbered and identified with reasonable definiteness. The district court clerk must include in the electronic record on appeal electronic versions of all documentary exhibits admitted into evidence at trial or any evidentiary hearing. The district court clerk must ensure that no such documentary exhibits are returned to the parties before electronic versions of those exhibits have been entered into the electronic record on appeal. If any documentary exhibits have been sealed or marked confidential by the district court or the district court clerk, the district court clerk must transmit any such sealed or confidential documentary exhibits to this court either in their original form or in electronic form provided the electronic access is appropriately restricted, unless otherwise directed by the clerk of this court. If audio or video files were entered into evidence at trial or any evidentiary hearing, such files and any transcripts must be retained by the district court clerk during the period in which a notice of appeal may be timely filed and transmitted to this court as part of the record on appeal. However, the district court clerk must not transmit to this court any exhibits containing child pornography unless requested to do so by the clerk of this court. As to non-documentary physical exhibits, the parties are required to include photographs or other reproductions of such exhibits in the electronic record on appeal. The parties may submit such photographs or other reproductions in paper or electronic form. The district court clerk must make advance arrangements with the clerk of this court prior to sending any exhibit containing wiring or electronic components (such as a beeper, cellular phone, etc.). Exhibits of unusual size or weight which are contained in a box larger than 14 3/4" x 12" x 9 1/2" shall not be transmitted by the district court clerk until and unless directed to do so by the clerk of this court. A party must make advance arrangements with the clerks for the transportation and receipt of exhibits of unusual size or weight. If transmittal has been authorized, a party may be requested to personally transfer oversized exhibits to the clerk of this court.
The clerk of the district court is responsible for transmitting with the record to the clerk of this court a list of exhibits correspondingly numbered and identified with reasonable definiteness. The district court clerk must include in the electronic record on appeal electronic