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 

March 30, 2012

For rules and forms visit

www.ca11.uscourts.gov

Mark S. Arisohn

Labaton Sucharow, LLP

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NEW YORK, NY 10005-1108

Stephen Astley

Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd, LLP

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Labaton Sucharow, LLP

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NEW YORK, NY 10005-1108

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Labaton Sucharow, LLP

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NEW YORK, NY 10005-1108

Paul J. Geller

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BOCA RATON, FL 33432-4809

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Appeal Number: 12-11488-F

Case Style: City of Southfield Fire Police v. William Greene, et al

District Court Docket No: 5:11-cv-00027-RS-EMT

THE COURT HAS IMPLEMENTED A PROGRAM IN THIS DISTRICT REQUIRING

PARTIES IN THIS APPEAL TO FILE EXPANDED RECORD EXCERPTS. PLEASE

READ THE ENCLOSED INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARING EXPANDED RECORD

EXCERPTS.

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 April 30, 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.

In addition to providing the required number of paper copies of briefs, all parties (except pro se

parties) are required, additionally, to provide briefs in electronic format as described in 11th Cir.

R. 31-5 and the instructions provided on the court's Web site. Electronic briefs must be in Adobe

Acrobat ® PDF file format. The electronic brief must be completely contained in one PDF file,

i.e., cover page through and including the certificate of service. An EDF ID number is needed to

upload your brief. If you don't already have an EDF number, please contact the clerk assigned to

your case. 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.

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

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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: Janet K. Spradlin, FF / gbf / cpm

Phone #: (404) 335-6178

DKT-7CIV Civil-ND Crim Early Briefing

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