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In addition to the Federal Rules, these are some First Circuit Local Rules:

• Nine copies of each brief must be submitted along with one service copies to each party.
• Five copies of each appendix volume must be submitted with one service copy to each party.
• The First Circuit local rules modify timing requirements (See Loc. R. 31)
• The First Circuit has specific guidance on the addendum, which is bound immediately after the brief, and should contain at a minimum: the judgments, decisions, rulings, or orders appealed from, including any supporting explanation (e.g., a written or transcript opinion), and in addition, where the district court or agency whose decision is under review was itself reviewing or acting upon the decision of a lower-level decision-maker, that lower-level decision as well (e.g., a recommended decision by a magistrate judge or an initial decision by an administrative law judge). Note: If the decision appealed from is a text-only entry upon a docket report, a copy of the relevant entry or page of the docket report should be provided.

Links to additional information

• Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
• First Circuit Rulebook, December 1, 2020
• First Circuit Brief Checklist
• First Circuit Notice to Counsel Regarding Appendix
• First Circuit Ten Pointers for an Appeal

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