To Defer or Not to Defer:   When to consider filing a Deferred Appendix in the Second Circuit, and what it entails When perfecting an appeal in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals (as in most Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals), appellants are responsible for filing an appendix, which includes bearing the costs for preparation.  The Court encourages parties to agree to the contents of the appendix, thereby creating a joint appendix from which to cite.  If the parties are unable to reach an agreement, the appellant must serve on the appellee a designation of the parts of the record…

How to digitally file motion and application papers in appeals that are not subject to e-filing in the New York Appellate Division, Fourth Department Although most appeals in the New York Appellate Division, Fourth Department are subject to mandatory e-filing, there are a still a few types of appeals that are exempt from e-filing. Effective July 1, 2020, motion and application papers that are filed in the exempt appeals are now required to be digitally filed pursuant to Rule 1000.4(a). Under the old rule, paper copies of motions were required to be served and filed in appeals that were not…