[House Document 108-59]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                     

108th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 108-59


 
                    AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL RULES
                        OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE

                               __________

                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                     THE CHIEF JUSTICE, THE SUPREME

                       COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              TRANSMITTING

 AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE THAT HAVE BEEN 
            ADOPTED BY THE COURT, PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. 2072




March 27, 2003.--Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered 
                             to be printed
                        Supreme Court of the United States,
                                    Washington, DC, March 27, 2003.
Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: I have the honor to submit to the 
Congress the amendments to the Federal Rules of Appellate 
Procedure that have been adopted by the Supreme Court of the 
United States pursuant to Section 2072 of Title 28, United 
States Code.
    Accompanying the order revising these forms are excerpts 
from the report of the Judicial Conference of the United States 
submitted to the Court for its consideration pursuant to 
Section 331 of Title 28, United States Code.
            Sincerely,
                                              William H. Rehnquist.


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