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11th Cir. R. 12-2 — Clerk’s Consolidation of Appeals: 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 may, at the time of docketing or thereafter, notify the affected parties that it has determined, sua sponte, that consolidation of appeals is either required by statute or is in the interest of judicial economy, such as when multiple appeals raise the same or similar issues, and shall direct the parties in the notice to file written objections, if any, to the proposed consolidation within 14 days of the notice. If no party objects to the proposed consolidation within the allotted 14 days, the clerk may consolidate the appeals; if the clerk receives a timely objection, the matter shall be referred to the Court for decision.
The clerk may, at the time of docketing or thereafter, notify the affected parties that it has determined, sua sponte, that consolidation of appeals is either required by statute or is in the interest of judicial economy, such as when multiple appeals raise the same or similar is