Four years ago, the Supreme Court declined a federal habeas petitioner’s request to review the Sixth Circuit’s decision in Avery v. United States, 770 F. App’x 741. Justice Kavanaugh, the Sixth Circuit’s assigned circuit justice, attached a “statement” to the Supreme Court’s cert. denial to highlight a circuit split that Avery implicated and to note … Continue Reading
As a friendly reminder, the new amendments to the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure will go into effect on December 1, 2016. The most important changes are that principle briefs are limited to 13,000 words and the three-day service period for electronic filing has been eliminated. There are also new word limits for motions and … Continue Reading
The Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules (the federal judiciary’s policymaking body) has proposed amendments to Rules 5, 21, 27, 28.1, 32, 35, and 40 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure that would reduce the length of various filings in the Circuit Courts. As we covered back in February, the proposal garnering the most attention … Continue Reading
With its first issue published yesterday, the Ohio State Law Journal’s new Sixth Circuit Review is meant to be a “digital public square” for discussion of Sixth Circuit cases and longer-term circuit trends. The new online-only publication invites all—whether practitioners, academics, judges or students—to contribute articles that are both practical and scholarly, as well as to … Continue Reading
Below is the first in a new series of video blogs that we will be featuring on our appellate blog. The video blogs will give you an opportunity to meet the contributors behind the blog as they discuss topics of interest to you. We also plan to feature various guest interviews in the near future, … Continue Reading
