First Circuit Appellate Practice

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Is your appeal:	State Federal State Highest Court U.S. Supreme Court
Is your appeal a:	Motion to Appeal Motion for Leave to Appeal Out of Time Motion for Summary Disposition Motion for Fees and Costs Ordinary Appeal Don't Know
What state or federal jurisdiction is the appeal for?
Is this an emergent appeal or motion that must be completed immediately?	Yes No Don't Know
Have you filed a Notice of Appeal yet?	Yes No Don't Know
If you have filed a Notice of Appeal, did you file it within the proper time limitations?	Yes No Don't Know
Do you want us to prepare just the brief, the appendix or both?	Brief Appendix Both
Please make a concise statement of the issues you want to raise on appeal, if you know. Please limit your answer to a few paragraphs
Do you want us to review the record in detail and decide on the proper issues for appeal, or do you want to stay limited to the issues stated in your answer to No.18, above?	Review the Records Limited to My Issues Don't Know
In general, although there are a few tightly circumscribed deviations, the only materials that may be argued on appeal are issues first raised or objected to in the trial court so that they are properly preserved. Were your issues preserved in such a manner?	Yes No Don't Know
Is this an appeal related to issues at trial, a pre-trial motion or a post-judgment motion?	Trial/Hearing Pre-Trial Motion Post-Trial Motion
Did you order the transcripts of relevant hearings or trial, if any?	Ordered Not Ordered Already Have Don't Know No Transcripts to Order

If you were to take all documents that are relevant to the appeal, including trial or hearing transcripts, the Notice of Appeal, trial exhibits, all relevant motions with the exhibits and briefs, relevant court orders and opinions, appellate briefs and appendices if any, the Complaint and Answer, jury instructions and verdict, and put a ruler next to all of the papers that are stacked on top of one another, approximately how many inches high is the stack?
What is your deadline for the completion of this project?