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United States Court of Appeals
for the Seventh Circuit

Everett McKinley Dirksen
United States Courthouse
219 S. Dearborn Street
Room 2722
Chicago, IL 60604

Clerk's Office: (312) 435-5850

News and Announcements
05/17/17
Chief Judge Diane P. Wood is pleased to announce the appointment of Judge James R. Ahler to a 14-year term as United States Bankruptcy Judge.
04/19/17
Updated
The Practitioner's Handbook for Appeals
[If you do not see the 2017 edition, you may need to clear your browser cache.]
On April 01, 2017, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals increased the maximum allowable PDF file size for documents filed in the Case Management/Electronic Case Files (CM/ECF) system from 10 MB to 35 MB.
Note
The most current release of Firefox, version 52 released 3/7/2017, does NOT work with CM/ECF.

If you have already updated to this version, you will need to use Internet Explorer (IE) to file until further notice. We are currently working on a fix for this issue.
03/07/17
Proposed revisions to Seventh Circuit Criminal Jury Instructions regarding 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) offenses

For more information: Pattern Jury Instructions web page
12/01/16
• Appellate and Circuit rule changes are effective December 01, 2016.
  –  details of Appellate Rule changes
  –  details of Circuit Rule changes

• Appellate Fee changes are effective
December 01, 2016.
09/21/2016
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit cordially invites you to participate in a video appellate practice seminar.

The seminar is designed for the attorney who wishes to learn more about handling appeals in the Seventh Circuit. Experienced appellate practitioners, court personnel and judges will cover topics that the practitioner needs to represent litigants in appeals before the court.
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