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11th Cir. R. 26.1-1 — Certificate of Interested Persons and Corporate Disclosure Statement (CIP): Filing Requirements: 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.
(a) Paper or E-Filed CIPs. (1) For appeals, all appellants and petitioners must file a CIP within 14 days after the date the appeal is docketed in this court, or at the same time the party submits its first filing, whichever is earlier. (2) Also, for appeals, all appellees, intervenors, respondents, and all other parties to the appeal must file a CIP within 28 days after the date the appeal is docketed in this court, or at the same time the party submits its first filing, whichever is earlier, regardless of whether appellants and petitioners have filed a CIP. If appellants and petitioners have already filed a CIP, appellees, intervenors, respondents, and all other parties may file a notice either indicating that the CIP is correct and complete, or adding any interested persons or entities omitted from the CIP. (3) For petitions that initiate a proceeding in this court, the petitioner must file a CIP at the same time it files the petition, and the respondent must file a CIP at the same time it files an answer or submits its first filing, whichever is earlier. (4) Every amicus curiae must include a CIP in every motion and brief filed. (b) Web-based CIP. On the same day any filer represented by counsel first files its paper or e-filed CIP, that filer must also complete the court’s web-based CIP at www.ca11.uscourts.gov. At the website, counsel for filers will log into the web-based CIP where they will enter stock (“ticker”) symbol information for publicly traded corporations to be used by the court in electronically checking for recusals. If there is no publicly traded corporation involved, and thus no stock ticker symbol to enter, the filer still must complete the web-based CIP by entering “nothing to declare.” Failure to complete the web-based CIP will delay processing of the motion, case, or appeal, and may result in other sanctions under 11th Cir. R. 26.1-5(c). The e-filing of a CIP by an attorney registered to use the ECF system does not relieve that attorney of the requirement to complete and keep updated the web-based CIP. Pro se filers (except attorneys appearing in particular cases as pro se parties) are not required or authorized to complete the web-based CIP.
(a) Paper or E-Filed CIPs. (1) For appeals, all appellants and petitioners must file a CIP within 14 days after the date the appeal is docketed in this court, or at the same time the party submits its first filing, whichever is earlier. (2) Also, for appeals, all appellees, inter