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RULES  OF  THE  SUPREME  COURT  OF  THE
 
UNITED  STATES
 

Adopted January 12, 2010—Effective February 16, 2010 

PART  I.  THE  COURT 

Rule 1.  Clerk 

1.  The Clerk receives documents for ﬁling with the Court 
and  has  authority  to  reject  any  submitted  ﬁling  that  does 
not comply with these Rules. 

2.  The  Clerk  maintains  the  Court’s  records  and  will  not 
permit  any  of  them  to  be  removed  from  the  Court  building 
except  as  authorized  by  the  Court.  Any  document  ﬁled 
with  the  Clerk  and  made  a  part  of  the  Court’s  records  may 
not  thereafter  be  withdrawn  from  the  ofﬁcial  Court  ﬁles. 
After  the  conclusion  of  proceedings  in  this  Court,  original 
records  and  documents  transmitted  to  this  Court  by  any 
other  court  will  be  returned  to  the  court  from  which  they 
were received. 

3.  Unless the Court or the Chief Justice orders otherwise, 
the  Clerk’s  ofﬁce  is  open  from  9  a.m.  to  5  p.m.,  Monday 
through  Friday,  except  on  federal  legal  holidays  listed  in  5 
U. S. C. § 6103. 

Rule 2.  Library 

1.  The  Court’s  library  is  available  for  use  by  appropriate 
personnel  of  this  Court,  members  of  the  Bar  of  this  Court, 
Members  of  Congress  and  their  legal  staffs,  and  attorneys 
for  the  United  States  and  for  federal  departments  and 
agencies. 

2.  The  library’s  hours  are  governed  by  regulations  made 
by  the  Librarian  with  the  approval  of  the  Chief  Justice  or 
the Court. 

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