THE APPELLATE INSIDER BLOG

Sometimes filings contain errors on NYSCEF. If the clerk detects some defects in documents that have been e-filed, such as if papers for a different case are inadvertently attached the clerk may inform the clerk may inform the filer and request that a corrected copy...

No record or appendix may include a transcript of testimony given at a trial, hearing or deposition that is reproduced in condensed format such that two or more pages of transcript in standard format appear on one page, unless the transcript was submitted in that...

Both AD1 and AD2 routinely dismiss appeals that have not been timely perfected. In both courts the clerks make calendars of all civil appeals not perfected in a timely manner and publish those calendars in the New York Law Journal. After these notices have been...

Co-appellants should file together for the same term. However, if one of the co-appellants is not ready for the term intended, a stipulation may be signed by all parties involved and filed with the court consenting to the next term, as long as all co-appellants file...

In order to file documents under seal, you either have to have a case that is sealed per an order of the lower court or a matter that is deemed confidential by law. When filing to NYSCEF, you need to check a box asking if this is a sealed matter. Once you click that,...

Appellate Division, First or Second Department requires that the lower court file be subpoenaed to the Appellate Division. Once the subpoena is so-ordered by the Appellate Division and filed with the count court, it is the lower court clerk's responsibility to...