United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

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Website Changes

The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit plans to begin posting both precedential and non-precedential opinions to the website in portable document format (PDF) on October 18, 2004. Opinions are currently posted in Microsoft Word™ format.

The Court invites your comments and questions on this planned change. Send them to the Webmaster at webmaster@cafc.uscourts.gov.

PACER Now Available

The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is pleased to announce that effective March 1, 2004, docket information for the court is available on PACER. For more information, visit the court's PACER site at: http://www.pacer.cafc.uscourts.gov

Court Opinions

Daily Log of Precedential Opinions & Orders available for at least ninety days.

Court Rules & Forms

Letter to the Secretary, Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, concerning the unanimous opposition of the judges of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to 3 of the proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.
Rules and Forms are available here, and in print and CD ROM from the Clerk's Office. These rules are dated May 1, 2004.
Download Form 21, an application for admission to the Federal Circuit Bar.

Court Calendars & Dispositions

Pending argument Calendar
Calendar of Public Sessions during fiscal year 2004
Last week's disposition sheet of Federal Circuit cases
Current week's disposition sheet of Federal Circuit cases
New cases filed in the last 90 days.

Court Information

Docket Information (PACER).
Useful phone numbers and information.
Frequently Asked Questions about the website.
Biographical details on Chief Judge Mayer.
Judicial biographies of the Federal Circuit.
Directions to the court.
The Federal Circuit Advisory Council Members.
Statistics from 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004. You must have Adobe® Acrobat® Reader on your computer.
Law Clerk Hiring Policy

United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
717 Madison Pl., NW
Washington, DC 20439
(202) 633-6550

Clerk's Office Hours: 9-5, Monday - Friday, EST

Submit your comments or questions about this website to the webmaster on our feedback form. This form cannot be used for communications with the Clerk's Office or judges chambers.