UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

ELBERT PARR TUTTLE COURT OF APPEALS BUILDING

56 Forsyth Street, N.W.

Atlanta, Georgia 30303

John Ley

Clerk of Court 

August 24, 2012

For rules and forms visit

www.ca11.uscourts.gov

Maria Del Pilar Floren

Harrington Law, P.C.

PO BOX 403

CONCORD, NC 28025

James Michael Harrington

Harrington Law, P.C.

PO BOX 403

CONCORD, NC 28025

Appeal Number: 12-14304-EE

Case Style: Slep-Tone Entertainment Corpor v. Faye Johnson, et al

District Court Docket No: 5:11-cv-00032-RS-CJK

CIVIL APPEALS ARE GOVERNED BY STRINGENT PROCEDURES FOR REQUESTING

EXTENSIONS OF TIME TO FILE BRIEFS AND RECORD EXCERPTS. RULES PROVIDE FOR

DISMISSAL WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE WHEN A BRIEF OR RECORD EXCERPTS IS NOT

FILED OR CORRECTED WITHIN THE TIME PERMITTED. PLEASE SEE THE CIRCUIT

RULES AT WWW.CA11.USCOURTS.GOV

The referenced case has been docketed in this court. Please use the appellate docket number noted above

when making inquiries. Motions for extensions of time to file a brief are frowned upon by the court.

Pursuant to 11th Cir. R. 12-1, the record in this appeal was deemed completed and filed on the date the

appeal was docketed in this court.

Eleventh Circuit Rule 31-1 requires that APPELLANT'S BRIEF AND RECORD EXCERPTS BE SERVED

AND FILED ON OR BEFORE October 1, 2012.

This is the only notice you will receive concerning the due date for filing briefs and record excerpts. (In

cross-appeals pursuant to Fed.R.App.P. 28(h), the party who first files a notice of appeal is the appellant

unless the parties otherwise agree.) See Fed.R.App.P. 28, 30, 31 and 32, and the corresponding circuit rules,

for further information on preparing briefs and record excerpts.

Attorneys registered to use ECF must file briefs electronically using the ECF system. Use of ECF does not

modify the requirements of the circuit rules that counsel must also provide seven (7) paper copies of a brief

to the court, nor does it modify the requirements of the circuit rules for the filing of record excerpts or

expanded record excerpts in a particular case.

Attorneys not registered to use ECF must, in addition to providing seven (7) paper copies of a brief, upload

the brief electronically using the EDF system. (Pro se parties may not use the EDF system, but must provide

the required number of paper copies.) The EDF system is described in 11th Cir. R. 31-5, and instructions are

available on the court's Web site. An EDF ID number is needed to upload your brief. If you do not

remember your EDF ID number, you may look it up on the court's Web site. When uploading a brief for the

first time, you will be prompted to register and create a password known only by you for all future uploads.

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Attorneys and pro se parties in districts not participating in the Electronic Records on Appeal Program must

file record excerpts in conformance with 11th Cir. R. 30-1 and 30-2. Attorneys and pro se parties in districts

that are participating in the Electronic Records on Appeal Program, and whose cases are included in the

program, must file expanded record excerpts in conformance with the Electronic Records on Appeal

Program Components and Instructions for Preparing Expanded Record Excerpts, available on the court's

Web site. Pro se parties who are incarcerated are not required to file record excerpts.

We have not yet received the Certificate of Interested Persons and Corporate Disclosure Statement (CIP)

required by FRAP 26.1 and the accompanying circuit rules. The rules provide that the certificate must be

filed by every appellant [and cross-appellant] with this court within 14 days after the date the appeal is

docketed in this court, or along with the filing in this court by any party of any motion, petition, or pleading,

whichever occurs first. The rules further provide that on the same day a paper certificate is served, the party

filing it must also complete the court's web-based certificate at the "Electronic Filing" link of the court's

website, www.ca11.uscourts.gov , by electronically providing the information required for that form. Only

the ticker symbols for publicly traded corporations that are listed on the paper CIP must be entered in the

web-based system. If your CIP does not include any publicly traded corporations, you are required to go to

the website and simply click the button indicating that you have no publicly traded corporations to report.

Pro se parties are not required or authorized to complete the web-based certificate.

You are hereby notified that the clerk is not authorized to submit to the court any brief (except for the reply

brief of an appellant or cross-appellant), petition, answer, motion or response that does not contain the

certificate, but may receive and retain the papers pending supplementation of the papers with the required

certificate. You are also hereby notified that failure to submit the required certificate will result in your

document(s) being returned unfiled which may ultimately result in dismissal of your appeal.

Attorneys who wish to participate in this appeal must be properly admitted either to the bar of this court or

for this particular proceeding pursuant to 11th Cir. R. 46-1. An attorney not yet properly admitted must file

an appropriate application for admission within fourteen (14) days from this date. In addition, all attorneys

(except court-appointed counsel) who wish to participate in this appeal must complete and return an

appearance form within fourteen (14) days. Application for Admission to the Bar and Appearance of

Counsel Form are available on the Internet at www.ca11.uscourts.gov . The clerk may not accept motions or

other filings from an attorney until that attorney files an appearance form. See 11th Cir. R. 46-5.

11th Cir. R. 33-1(a) requires appellant to file a Civil Appeal Statement in most civil appeals. You must file

an original and one copy of a completed Civil Appeal Statement, with service on all other parties, within 14

days from the date of this letter. Civil Appeal Statement forms are available on the Internet at

www.ca11.uscourts.gov , and as provided by 11th Cir. R. 33-1(a).

MEDIATION. If a Civil Appeal Statement is required to be filed, your appeal and all related matters will be

considered for mediation by the Kinnard Mediation Center. The mediation services are free and the

mediation process is confidential. You may confidentially request mediation by calling the Kinnard

Mediation Center at 404-335-6260 (Atlanta) or 813-301-5530 (Tampa) or 305-714-1900 (Miami). See 11th

Cir. R. 33-1.

Sincerely,

JOHN LEY, Clerk of Court

Reply to: Lois Tunstall, EE

Phone #: (404) 335-6224

DKT-7CIV Civil Early Briefing

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