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11th Cir. R. 30-1 — Appendix - Appeals from District Court and Tax Court: 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) Contents. In appeals from district courts and the tax court, the appellant must file an appendix containing those items required by FRAP 30(a)(1), which are: • the relevant docket entries in the proceeding below; • the relevant portions of the pleadings, charge, findings, or opinion; • the judgment, order, or decision in question; and • other parts of the record to which the parties wish to direct the court’s attention. Other than FRAP 30(a)(1), the requirements in FRAP 30 do not apply in this circuit. Consistent with the requirements of FRAP 30(a)(1) that the appendix contain relevant docket entries and relevant portions of the record, this court has determined that the following items are either relevant docket entries or relevant portions of the record in the types of appeals specified below and thus must be included in the appendix: (1) the district court or tax court docket sheet, including, in bankruptcy appeals, the bankruptcy court docket sheet; (2) in an appeal in a criminal case, the indictment, information, or petition as amended; (3) in an appeal in a civil case, the complaint, answer, response, counterclaim, cross-claim, and any amendments to such items; (4) those parts of any pretrial order relevant to the issues on appeal; (5) the judgment or interlocutory order appealed from; (6) any other order or orders sought to be reviewed, including, in bankruptcy appeals, the order(s) of the bankruptcy court appealed to the district court; (7) in an appeal from the grant or denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, all opinions by any state court previously rendered in the criminal prosecution and related collateral proceedings and appeals, and any state court orders addressing any claims and defenses brought by the petitioner in the federal action. This requirement applies whether or not the state court opinions and orders are contained in the district court record; (8) any supporting opinion, findings of fact and conclusions of law filed or delivered orally by the court; (9) if the correctness of a jury instruction is in issue, the instruction in question and any other relevant part of the jury charge; (10) a magistrate’s report and recommendation, when appealing a court order adopting same in whole or in part; (11) findings and conclusions of an administrative law judge, when appealing a court order reviewing an administrative agency determination involving same; (12) the relevant parts of any document, such as an insurance policy, contract, agreement, or ERISA plan, whose interpretation is relevant to the issues on appeal; (13) in an appeal in a criminal case in which any issue is raised concerning the guilty plea, the transcript of the guilty plea colloquy and any written plea agreement; (14) in an appeal in a criminal case in which any issue is raised concerning the sentence, the transcript of the sentencing proceeding and the presentence investigation report and addenda. The presentence investigation report and addenda must be filed under seal in a separate envelope if filed in paper and must be included as a separate sealed volume of the appendix if filed electronically; and (15) any other pleadings, affidavits, transcripts, filings, documents, or exhibits that any one of the parties believes will be helpful to this court in deciding the appeal. Except as otherwise permitted by subsection (a)(7) of this rule, under no circumstances should a document be included in the appendix that was not submitted to the trial court. (b) Appellee’s Responsibility. If the appellant’s appendix is deficient or if the appellee’s brief, to support its position on an issue, relies on parts of the record not included in appellant’s appendix, the appellee must file its own supplemental appendix within seven days of filing its brief. The appellee’s supplemental appendix must not duplicate any documents in the appellant’s appendix. In an appeal by an incarcerated pro se party, counsel for appellee must submit an appendix that includes the specific pages of any record materials referred to in the argument section of appellee’s brief and those referred to in the argument section of the appellant’s brief that are relevant to the resolution of an issue on appeal. (c) Time for Filing. A party must file an appendix or supplemental appendix within seven days of filing the party’s brief, except that an incarcerated pro se party is not required to file an appendix. This filing should be made electronically by ECF filers, and non-ECF filers must file a single paper appendix. Where multiple parties are on one side of an appeal, they are strongly urged to file a joint appendix. (d) Number of Paper Copies. At the conclusion of briefing, the clerk will send a notice directing that paper copies of each party’s respective appendix be sent to the court within seven days of the notice. All parties who are required to file an appendix must send to the court two paper copies of the party's appendix, except that pro se parties who are required to file an appendix must send to the court one copy of the appendix. If the appeal is classed for oral argument, parties who are required to file an appendix must send an additional three paper copies of the appendix within seven days of the date of the notice from the clerk that the appeal has been classed for oral argument. Parties who have filed a joint appendix should coordinate so that duplicate paper copies of the joint appendix are not sent to the court. For filers using the ECF system, the electronically filed appendix is the official record copy of the appendix. Use of the ECF system does not modify the requirement that filers must provide to the court the required number of paper copies of the appendix. (e) Form. The paper appendix shall be reproduced on white paper by any duplicating or copying process capable of producing a clear black image, with a cover containing the information specified in 11th Cir. R. 28-1(a) and captioned “Appendix.” The appendix shall be assembled with a front and back durable (at least 90#) white covering and shall be bound across the top with a secure fastener. Indexing tabs shall be affixed to the first page of each document in the appendix to identify and assist in locating the document. An index identifying each document contained in the appendix and its tab number shall be included immediately following the cover page. The appendix shall include a certificate of service if required by FRAP 25(d).
(a) Contents. In appeals from district courts and the tax court, the appellant must file an appendix containing those items required by FRAP 30(a)(1), which are: • the relevant docket entries in the proceeding below; • the relevant portions of the pleadings, charge, findings, or