{"id":793,"date":"2020-07-01T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cafc.uscourts.gov\/?p=793"},"modified":"2022-03-01T11:11:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T16:11:56","slug":"notice-of-new-federal-circuit-rules-court-forms-and-guides-taxation-of-cost-rates-and-scheduled-electronic-filing-for-unrepresented-parties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafc.uscourts.gov\/notice-of-new-federal-circuit-rules-court-forms-and-guides-taxation-of-cost-rates-and-scheduled-electronic-filing-for-unrepresented-parties\/","title":{"rendered":"Notice of New Federal Circuit Rules, Court Forms and Guides, Taxation of Cost Rates, and Scheduled Electronic Filing for Unrepresented Parties"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The July 1, 2020 amendments to the Federal Circuit Rules go into effect today.  The final version of the <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/RulesProceduresAndForms\/FederalCircuitRules\/FederalCircuitRulesofPractice-July2020.pdf\">Federal Circuit Rules (July 1, 2020) (pdf)<\/a> is available on the court\u2019s website and will apply to all cases filed or pending on or after July 1, 2020, to the extent practicable.  The court has also adopted changes to many of its official forms, which should be used, as required, for any filings made on or after July 1, 2020.  All <a href=\"\/home\/rules-procedures-forms\/court-forms\/\">updated and existing forms<\/a> are located on the court’s website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the implementation of these amendments, the Clerk\u2019s Office has issued updated versions of the\u00a0<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/ElectronicFilingProcedures.pdf\">Electronic Filing Procedures (pdf)<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/OralArguments\/OralArgumentGuide.pdf\">Guide for Oral Argument (pdf)<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/RulesProceduresAndForms\/UnrepresentedPartiesGuide\/UnrepresentedPartiesGuide.pdf\">Guide for Unrepresented Parties (pdf)<\/a>\u00a0(formerly \u201cGuide for Pro Se Appellants and Petitioners\u201d), and additional content throughout the court\u2019s website.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on new provisions in the Rules, the Clerk of Court has also issued two notices.  The <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Announcements\/PublicNotices\/Notice-TaxationCostsRates-07012020.pdf\">first notice (pdf)<\/a> sets the maximum rate of taxation of costs pursuant to Fed. Cir. R. 39(c); these rates are unchanged from those in effect before July 1, 2020, and update the available taxation items based on the current paper brief copy requirements under the Rules.  The <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Announcements\/PublicNotices\/Notice-UnrepresentedPartyEFiling-07012020.pdf\">second notice (pdf)<\/a> provides that electronic filing for unrepresented parties will be available beginning October 1, 2020; in the interim, the Clerk\u2019s Office will continue to provide modified electronic filing and service procedures consistent with Administrative Order 20-01 (March 20, 2020).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The July 1, 2020 amendments to the Federal Circuit Rules go into effect today.  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