{"id":20,"date":"2021-06-15T16:56:46","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T16:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafc.uscourts.gov\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2021-10-06T16:12:02","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T20:12:02","slug":"rules-procedures-forms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cafc.uscourts.gov\/home\/rules-procedures-forms\/","title":{"rendered":"Rules, Procedures, & Forms"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"20\" class=\"elementor elementor-20\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3c8acad elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3c8acad\" 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 elementor-element 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