Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

OFFICE OF THE CLERK

Byron White United States Courthouse

1823 Stout Street

Denver, Colorado 80257

(303) 844-3157

October 19, 2012

Douglas E. Cressler

Chief Deputy Clerk 

Mr. Benjamin T. Barr

10737 Hunting Lane

Rockville, MD 20850

Mr. Stephen R. Klein

Wyoming Liberty Group 

1902 Thomes Avenue, suite 201

Cheyenne, WY 82001

Mr. John B. Speight

4021 Snyder

Cheyenne, WY 82001

RE: 12-8078, Free Speech v. Federal Election Commission

Dist/Ag docket: 2:12-CV-00127-SWS

Dear Counsel:

The court has received and docketed your appeal. Please note your case number above. 

Copies of the Tenth Circuit Rules, effective January 1, 2012, and the Federal Rules of 

Appellate Procedure, effective December 1, 2011, may be obtained by contacting this 

office or by visiting our website at http://www.ca10.uscourts.gov. In addition, please note 

all counsel are required to file pleadings via the court's Electronic Case Filing (ECF) 

system. You will find information regarding registering for and using ECF on the court's 

website. We invite you to contact us with any questions you may have about our 

operating procedures. Please note that all court forms are now available on the court's 

web site. Outlined below are some of the requirements for prosecuting this appeal.

Attorneys must complete and file an entry of appearance form within 14 days of the date 

of this letter. See 10th Cir. R. 46.1(A). Pro se parties must complete and file the form 

within thirty days of the date of this letter. Appellant's failure to enter an appearance may 

cause the appeal to be dismissed. An appellee who fails to enter an appearance may not 

receive notice or service of orders. If an appellee does not wish to participate in the 

appeal, a notice of non-participation should be filed via ECF as soon as possible. The 

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notice should also indicate whether counsel wishes to continue receiving notice or service 

of orders issued in the case.

You are required to file a docketing statement within 14 days of filing the notice of 

appeal. If you have not yet filed that pleading, you should do so within 14 days of the 

date of this letter. Please note that under local rule 3.4(C), the appellant is not limited to 

the issues identified in his docketing statement and may raise other appropriate issues in 

the opening brief. In addition to the docketing statement, all transcripts must be ordered 

within 14 days of the date of this letter. If no transcript is necessary, you must file a 

statement to that effect.

The $5.00 filing fee and $450.00 docket fee were not paid to the district clerk when the 

notice of appeal was filed as required by Fed. R. App. P. 3(e). Unless the fees are paid to 

the district clerk within 14 days of the date of this letter, this appeal may be dismissed 

without further notice. See 10th Cir. R. 3.3(B).

Appellant is not required to file a designation of record, but will be required to file an 

appendix with appellant's opening brief. See 10th Cir. R. 10.2(A) and 30.1.

Appellant must file an opening brief and appendix within 40 days after the date on which 

the district clerk notifies the parties and the circuit clerk that the record is complete for 

purposes of appeal. See 10th Cir. R. 31.1(A)(1). Motions for extension of time to file 

briefs and appendices must comply with 10th Cir. R. 27.3, 27.4(B), 27.4(E), where 

applicable, and 27.4(F). These motions are not favored.

Briefs must satisfy all requirements of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure and 

Tenth Circuit Rules with respect to form and content. See specifically Fed. R. App. P. 28 

and 32 and 10th Cir. R. 28.1, 28.2 and 32.1, as well as 31.4 when applicable. Seven hard 

copies of briefs must be provided to the court within two days of filing via the court's 

Electronic Case Filing system. See 10th Cir. R. 31.5 and the court's CM/ECF User's 

Manual. Appendices must satisfy the requirements of 10th Cir. R. 30.1(A) and 30.1(C) 

and two hard copies must be filed. See 10th Cir. R. 30.1(D).

Please contact this office if you have questions.

Sincerely,

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of the Court 

cc: Erin R. Chlopak

Anthony Herman

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Larry B. Jones

David B. Kolker

Lisa J. Stevenson

Nicholas Vassallo

EAS/bv

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