[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 198 (Wednesday, October 14, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 61796]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-26010]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DoD-2015-OS-0096]


U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces Proposed Rules Changes

ACTION: Notice of proposed change to the Rules of Practice and 
Procedure of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the following proposed changes to Rule 
37(a) of the Rules of Practice and Procedure, United States Court of 
Appeals for the Armed Forces.

DATES: Comments on the proposed change must be received by November 13, 
2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
     Mail: Department of Defense, Office of the Deputy Chief 
Management Officer, Directorate of Oversight and Compliance, Regulatory 
and Audit Matters Office, 9010 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-
9010.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and docket number for this Federal Register document. The general 
policy or comments and other submissions from members of the public is 
to make these submissions available for public viewing on the Internet 
at http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without change, 
including personal identifiers or contact information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William A. DeCicco, Clerk of the 
Court, telephone (202) 761-1448.

    Dated: October 7, 2015.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
    Rule 37(a):
    Rule 37(a) currently reads:
    (a) Printing. Except for records of trial and as otherwise 
provided by Rules 24(f) and 27(a)(4) or any order of the Court 
regarding the electronic filing of pleadings, all pleadings or other 
papers relative to a case shall be typewritten and double-spaced, 
printed on one side only on white unglazed paper, 8.5 by 11 inches 
in size, securely fastened in the top left corner. All printed 
matter must appear in monospaced typeface, e.g., Courier or Courier 
New, using 12-point type with no more than ten and \1/2\ characters 
per inch. Margins must be at least 1 inch on all four sides. Page 
numbers may be placed in the margin but no text may appear in the 
margin.
    The proposed changes to Rule 37(a) would read:
    (a) Printing. Except for records of trial and as otherwise 
provided by Rule 24(f) or any order of the Court regarding the 
electronic filing of pleadings, all pleadings or other papers 
relative to a case shall be typewritten and double-spaced, printed 
on one side only on white unglazed paper, 8.5 by 11 inches in size, 
securely fastened in the top left corner. All printed matter must 
appear in proportional type, e.g., Times New Roman. The use of 14-
point type is required. Margins must be at least 1 inch on all four 
sides. Page numbers may be placed in the margin but no text may 
appear in the margin.
    Comment: The reference to Rule 27(a)(4) is omitted because that 
Rule was rescinded in 2012. Times New Roman is the font that is 
commonly used in appellate courts and it would be the default under 
the new Rule. The proposal to change from monospaced typeface to 
proportional typeface with 14-point type tracks Federal Rule of 
Appellate Procedure 32(a)(5) which requires the use of 14-point type 
or larger when proportional type is used.

[FR Doc. 2015-26010 Filed 10-13-15; 8:45 am]
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