Judge Megan L. Bickerton

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Docketing statement

Each appellant and cross-appellant must file a fully completed, typed or legibly printed docketing statement with the notice of appeal or cross-appeal, with a time-stamped copy of the judgment attached.

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Praecipe

Each appellant and cross-appellant must file a praecipe with the applicable notice of appeal.

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Praecipe

Counsel cannot satisfy the praecipe requirements through oral direction.

Normal filing fees and deposits must be paid by credit card when the electronic submission is processed.

The Clerk does not accept personal checks or other payment forms for electronic filing fees and deposits.

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Security for costs

An advance security-for-costs deposit is required before filing a civil case or proceeding.

The effective filing date and time of an electronically transmitted document are those stamped by the Clerk.

The Clerk receives electronic submissions continuously, 24 hours a day and seven days a week.

An electronic submission is deemed filed when the Clerk time-stamps it, using Eastern Standard Time regardless of the submitter's time zone.

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Docketing statement

The prosecuting party must serve the completed docketing statement on the opposing party together with the notice of appeal.

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Docketing statement

The trial court clerk must send the Court of Appeals a copy of the docketing statement together with the notice of appeal.

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Praecipe

The trial court clerk must send the Court of Appeals a copy of the praecipe together with the notice of appeal.