In February 2006, with General Order 32, the Court implemented a pilot program in the Southern District of Alabama to determine whether the Court could conduct its business efficiently and without additional cost, while relieving certain district courts of the burden of providing paper copies of the record on appeal. Since that date, the program has been modified and expanded with General Order 33 and General Order 35.
At the present time, and upon request by the respective district courts, the Court has approved participation by the following district courts in the Court’s Electronic Records on Appeal Program, either as an on-going program or a pilot program:
- Southern District of Alabama – for appeals filed on or after April 1, 2006
- Middle District of Alabama – for appeals filed on or after November 1, 2007
- Northern District of Alabama – for appeals filed on or after October 1, 2008
- Northern District of Florida – for appeals filed on or after October 1, 2009
- Middle District of Georgia – for appeals filed on or after October 1, 2010
- Northern District of Georgia – for civil appeals filed on or after January 3, 2012 (does not include criminal appeals and appeals in cases filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255)
One of the important components of the Electronic Records on Appeal Program is the requirement that parties in appeals must file Expanded Record Excerpts that contain certain documents in addition those required by 11th Cir. R. 30-1. The required documents are listed in the Electronic Records on Appeal Program Components (Revised November 2011). In addition, parties will find more detailed information, including checklists and samples, in the Instructions for Preparing Expanded Record Excerpts (Revised August 2011). |
