Vacated General Orders

General Order No. Date Entered Subject
1 Oct. 1, 1981 Composition of the Judicial Council of the Eleventh Circuit (hereinafter, “Judicial Council”) (vacated by General Order No. 47)
2 Dec. 14, 1981 Establishment of Jury Instructions Subcommittee of the District Court Committee of the Judicial Council (vacated by General Order No. 47)
3 Jan. 18, 1982 Chief District Judge William Brevard Hand designated to fill Judicial Council vacancy (vacated by General Order No. 47)
4 Sept. 2, 1982 Amendment of General Order No. 1 (vacated by General Order No. 47)
5 Nov. 1, 1982 Designation of all senior circuit judges to participate as a member of any en banc court reviewing a decision of a panel of which such judge was a member (vacated by General Order No. 47)
6 Aug. 23, 1983 Norman E. Zoller, Circuit Executive, appointed as custodian of funds (vacated by General Order No. 47)
7 Mar. 4, 1986 Judge Henderson considered an active judge for the limited purpose of quorum on court panels (vacated by General Order No. 9)
8 Apr. 17, 1987 Composition of the Judicial Council (vacated by General Order No. 47)
10 Oct. 20, 1989 Defendant’s presentence investigation report to be transmitted by district court as part of record on appeal (vacated by General Order No. 47)
11 Apr. 30, 1991 Suspension of portion of 11th Cir. R. 34-2(a) providing for two active judges on a panel (vacated by General Order No. 47)
12 Aug. 31, 1992 Office of the clerk rendered inaccessible to filings due to the effects of Hurricane Andrew (vacated by General Order No. 47)
13 Apr. 5, 1993 Sealed order (see General Order No. 31) (vacated by General Order No. 47)
14 Nov. 2, 1993 Sealed order (see General Order No. 31) (vacated by General Order No. 47)
15 Jan. 6, 1994 Sealed order (see General Order No. 31) (vacated by General Order No. 47)
16 June 20, 1994 Sealed order (see General Order No. 31) (vacated by General Order No. 47)
17 May 22, 1995 Amendment of Addendum Eight (Rules Governing Attorney Discipline) (vacated by General Order No. 47)
18 Sept. 28, 1995 Order entered in accordance with “Directives for Operating the U.S. Courts in the Absence of Appropriations” (vacated by General Order No. 47)
19 Feb. 12, 1996 Amendment of Addendum Six (Rules for the Selection of Nominees and the Appointment of Bankruptcy Judges) (vacated by General Order No. 47)
20 May 1, 1996 Amendment of 11th Cir. R. 22-3, Habeas Corpus Death Penalty Cases (vacated by General Order No. 47)
21 June 24, 1996 In the matter of work schedule and office hours during the 1996 Olympic Games (vacated by General Order No. 47)
22 Oct. 28, 1996 Task of enrolling eligible attorneys as members of court’s bar delegated to clerk of court (vacated by General Order No. 47)
23 June 3, 1997 Amendment of 11th Cir. R. 31-1(a) and 31-1(b), concerning the time for filing briefs (vacated by General Order No. 47)
24 June 22, 1998 Amendment of 11th Cir. R. 30-1, concerning record excerpts (vacated by General Order No. 47)
25 Sept. 28, 1998 Office of the clerk rendered inaccessible to filings due to the effects of Hurricane Georges (vacated by General Order No. 47)
26 Oct. 22, 1998 Revised procedures and forms (vacated by General Order No. 47)
27 Jan. 27, 1999 Amendment of 11th Cir. R. 12-1 and 31-1, concerning the time for serving and filing briefs (vacated by General Order No. 47)
28 Mar. 1, 2002 Sealed order (see General Order No. 31) (vacated by General Order No. 47)
29 Mar. 31, 2003 Amendment of 11th Cir. R. 33-1(c) and 33-1(d), concerning mediation (vacated by General Order No. 47)
30 Sept. 20, 2004 11th Cir. R. 33-1(g), Use of Private Mediators, promulgated effective Oct. 1, 2004 (vacated by General Order No. 47)
32 Feb. 22, 2006 Implementation of electronic records on appeal pilot program in the Southern District of Alabama (vacated by General Order No. 47)
33 Feb. 26, 2007 Extension of electronic records on appeal pilot program in the Southern District of Alabama and consideration of requests by other district courts to participate (vacated by General Order No. 47)
34 Mar. 6, 2007 Amendment of 11th Cir. R. 26.1-2 and 26.1-3, concerning Certificate of Interested Persons and Corporate Disclosure Statement (vacated by General Order No. 47)
35 Oct. 23, 2007 On-going electronic records on appeal program in the Southern District of Alabama; revised program components; and, procedure for subsequent modifications to program components (vacated by General Order 39)
36 June 16, 2011 Change in or addition to counsel after appeal assigned to oral argument panel (vacated by General Order No. 47)
37 October 19, 2011 Voluntary Electronic Case Filing (vacated by General Order No. 47)
38 February 26, 2013 Mandatory Electronic Case Filing (vacated by General Order No. 47)
40 October 9, 2013 Court Operations in the Absence of Appropriations (vacated by General Order No. 47)
41 December 30, 2013 Temporary Authority Permitting Panels to be Made Up of Fewer Than Two Judges of This Court (vacated by General Order No. 47)
42 October 17, 2014 General Order 41's temporary authority is no longer in effect for future panels (vacated by General Order No. 47)
43 May 17, 2018 Holding in abeyance all applications to file second or successive Section 2255 motions which may be affected by the en banc decision in Ovalles v. U.S. (vacated by General Order No. 47)
44 March 15, 2020 Restrictions on Visitors to the Court and Temporary Suspension of Paper Filing Requirements (vacated by General Order No. 46)
45 March 20, 2020 Oral Arguments By Audio or Teleconferencing (vacated by General Order No. 47)
45 (Amended) July 6, 2020 Oral Arguments by Audio or Video Conferencing
46 August 14, 2020 Requirements to Enter Court Facilities and Temporary Suspension of Paper Filing Requirements (vacated by General Order No. 49)
48 January 13, 2021 Procedures for the Filing, Service, and Management of Highly Sensitive Documents
48 (Amended)
February 26, 2021
 Procedures for the Filing, Service, and Management of Highly Sensitive Documents.
49 May 24, 2021 General Order No. 46 vacated; Requirements to Enter Court Facilities (vacated by General Order No. 50)
50 July 28, 2021 General Order No. 50 vacated; Requirements to Enter Court Facilities
51 August 11, 2021 Eleventh Circuit General Order No. 51 - Supplemental Requirements to Enter Court Facilities
51 (Amended) August 13, 2021 Eleventh Circuit General Order No. 51 - Supplemental Requirements to Enter Court Facilities
52 November 15, 2021 General Order No. 50, and 51 (Amended) vacated; Requirements to Enter Court Facilities
53 December 27, 2021 General Order No. 52  vacated; Requirements to Enter Court Facilities