ITEM 1.2.02 | PAPER FILING AND SERVICE BY PRO SE LITIGANTS
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit,
1100 E. Main Street, Suite 501,
Richmond, Virginia, 23219-3517. Filing is not timely unless the clerk receives the papers within the time fixed for filing. Fed. R. App. P. 25(a). However, a paper filed by an inmate is timely if evidence, such as a postmark, date-stamp, or sworn inmate declaration of date of deposit with prepaid postage, shows that the paper was deposited in the institution's internal mailing system on or before the last day for filing. Briefs are timely filed if placed in first-class mail or dispatched to a third-party courier within the time fixed for filing.
Litigants who file documents in paper form, outside CM/ECF, must also serve those documents outside CM/ECF. In accordance with Fed. R. App. P. 25(c), service outside CM/ECF may be by (i) personal delivery, (ii) mail, or (iii) third-party commercial carrier for delivery within three days, or (iv) by email outside CM/ECF with the written consent of the person served.
You might need to reference it during your pursuit of justice.
For instance, you might need to examine one of these codes of conduct in order to protect yourself from judges/lawyers/organizations who break the law (see this example of a Florida judge who outright committed perjury).
Nevertheless – and as always – please get the justice you deserve.
Sincerely,
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