11th Cir. R. 26.1-5 — Failure to Submit a CIP or Complete the Web-based CIP: 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) The court will not act upon any papers, including emergency filings, until the CIP is filed and the web-based CIP is completed, except to prevent manifest injustice. (b) The clerk is not authorized to submit to the court any brief, petition, answer, motion, response, or reply in a case or appeal where the CIP has not been filed or the web-based CIP has not been completed, but may receive and retain the papers pending the filing of the CIP or completion of the web-based CIP. (c) The failure to comply with 11th Cir. Rules 26.1-1 through 26.1-4 may result in dismissal of the case or appeal under 11th Cir. R. 42-1(b), no action being taken on filings, or other sanctions on counsel, the party, or both.
(a) The court will not act upon any papers, including emergency filings, until the CIP is filed and the web-based CIP is completed, except to prevent manifest injustice. (b) The clerk is not authorized to submit to the court any brief, petition, answer, motion, response, or reply