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1UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
Effective 12/01/2016
No. ____________
Caption: __________________________________________________
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE WITH TYPE-VOLUME LIMIT
Type-Volume Limit, Typeface Requirements, and Type-Style Requirements
Type-Volume Limit for Briefs: Appellant’s Opening Brief, Appellee’s Response Brief, and
Appellant’s Response/Reply Brief may not exceed 13,000 words or 1,300 lines.
Appellee’s
Opening/Response Brief may not exceed 15,300 words or 1,500 lines. A Reply or Amicus Brief may
not exceed 6,500 words or 650 lines. Amicus Brief in support of an Opening/Response Brief may not
exceed 7,650 words. Amicus Brief filed during consideration of petition for rehearing may not exceed
2,600 words. Counsel may rely on the word or line count of the word processing program used to
prepare the document. The word-processing program must be set to include headings, footnotes, and
quotes in the count. Line count is used only with monospaced type. See Fed. R. App. P. 28.1(e),
29(a)(5), 32(a)(7)(B) & 32(f).
Type-Volume Limit for Other Documents if Produced Using a Computer: Petition for permission
to appeal and a motion or response thereto may not exceed 5,200 words. Reply to a motion may not
exceed 2,600 words. Petition for writ of mandamus or prohibition or other extraordinary writ may not
exceed 7,800 words. Petition for rehearing or rehearing en banc may not exceed 3,900 words. Fed. R.
App. P. 5(c)(1), 21(d), 27(d)(2), 35(b)(2) & 40(b)(1).
Typeface and Type Style Requirements: A proportionally spaced typeface (such as Times New
Roman) must include serifs and must be 14-point or larger. A monospaced typeface (such as Courier
New) must be 12-point or larger (at least 10½ characters per inch). Fed. R. App. P. 32(a)(5), 32(a)(6).
This brief or other document complies with type-volume limits because, excluding the parts of the
document exempted by Fed. R. App. R. 32(f) (cover page, disclosure statement, table of contents, table of
citations, statement regarding oral argument, signature block, certificates of counsel, addendum,
attachments):
[ ]
this brief or other document contains
[state number of] words
[ ]
this brief uses monospaced type and contains
[state number of] lines
This brief or other document complies with the typeface and type style requirements because:
[ ]
this brief or other document has been prepared in a proportionally spaced typeface using
[identify word processing program] in
[identify font size and type style]; or
[ ]
this brief or other document has been prepared in a monospaced typeface using
[identify word processing program] in
[identify font size and type style].
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