'Nobody Else Knows': These Federal Appeals Courts Have Unique Local Rules

The Ninth Circuit is "the only court that has a rule that actually encourages the lawyers to come in and complain about a delay," said Judge Jon Newman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

September 20, 2024 at 04:51 PM

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Court Administration

Avalon Zoppo

When law professor Marin Levy clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, she learned for the first time about the court's "non-argument calendar" used for certain immigration cases. She wondered if other circuits had one too, but nobody had a definitive answer.

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