{"id":50,"date":"2021-06-15T18:02:37","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T18:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafc.uscourts.gov\/?page_id=50"},"modified":"2022-03-01T08:24:58","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T13:24:58","slug":"internal-operating-procedures","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cafc.uscourts.gov\/home\/rules-procedures-forms\/internal-operating-procedures\/","title":{"rendered":"Internal Operating Procedures"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"50\" class=\"elementor elementor-50\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5ecabf7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5ecabf7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column 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menu-item-object-page menu-item-556\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cafc.uscourts.gov\/home\/rules-procedures-forms\/court-forms\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">– Court Forms<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1031\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cafc.uscourts.gov\/home\/rules-procedures-forms\/federal-local-rules-of-appellate-procedure\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">– Federal & Local Rules of Appellate Procedure<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1032\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cafc.uscourts.gov\/home\/rules-procedures-forms\/internal-operating-procedures\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">– Internal Operating Procedures<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-559\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cafc.uscourts.gov\/home\/rules-procedures-forms\/rules-of-practice-amendments\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">– Rule Amendments<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item 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