Preface

• Author: Pamela Everett Nollkamper
• Pages: 19-20

PREFACE

If you have experienced the frustration of having documents returned by the court for noncompliance with local

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at hand. Legal Secretary Federal Litigation was designed to meet your needs.

Legal Secretary Federal Litigation provides fast access to names and telephone numbers of judges, clerks

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In addition, we have expanded the procedures for the district courts, appellate courts, the Supreme Court, and

special courts. The book is separated into eight chapters, as follows:

• Chapter One: Overview of the Federal Court System

• Chapter Two: Federal Litigation Procedure

• Chapter Three: District Court Directory and Filing Requirements

• Chapter Four: Appellate Court Procedure

• Chapter Five: Appellate Court Directory and Filing Instructions

• Chapter Six: Supreme Court Directory and Procedures

• Chapter Seven: Special Courts Directory and Procedures

• Chapter Eight: Directory of Federal Agencies

Consistent with the technological information age, the courts are expanding their services by availing them-

selves to technology. Advances in technology are being implemented in the courts, which gives us faster and better

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some courts will post videos of civil courtroom proceedings online.

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branches of the Federal Government. The information on FDsys is current and updated daily. Learn more about

FDsys at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsysinfo/aboutfdsys.htm. In addition to FDsys, opinions can be accessed free of

charge from PACER. Some courts also post opinions on their court websites, which can be accessed free of charge.

Some courts of appeals have added Real Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds for both opinions and audio record-

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feed is automatically downloaded to a user’s computer and can be viewed in Internet Explorer or other browsers.

It is used to disseminate opinions and court information. In addition, the Eighth Circuit includes podcasts and oral

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oral arguments from their websites.

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August 30, 2013, after 25 years of service. Scott Harris is the new Clerk of the Supreme Court.

If you have a suggestion, or if a change has occurred since the publication of this revision, we would appre-

ciate hearing from you.

Pamela Everett Nollkamper