{"id":47,"date":"2021-06-15T18:01:47","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T18:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafc.uscourts.gov\/?page_id=47"},"modified":"2022-03-02T10:15:02","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T15:15:02","slug":"federal-local-rules-of-appellate-procedure","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cafc.uscourts.gov\/home\/rules-procedures-forms\/federal-local-rules-of-appellate-procedure\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal & Local Rules of Appellate Procedure"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"47\" class=\"elementor elementor-47\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a020b9a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a020b9a\" 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 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