Individual federal circuit and district courts may have their own set(s) of rules that supplement the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, Civil Procedure, Criminal Procedure, and Evidence. Known as "local rules", they should be used in conjunction with the Federal Rules.
These rules are available on the individual courts' websites. They may also be found on online databases, in print, and in commercial publications of the U.S. Code. See below for more details.
Local rules are available on the individual courts' websites. The United States Courts website provides links to the individual courts on their Court Website Links page. Below are links to the courts within the Third Circuit.
Third Circuit - Rules & Procedures
District of Delaware - Rules, Policies & Standing Orders
District of New Jersey - Local Rules and Standing Orders
Eastern District of Pennsylvania - Local Rules, Standing and Administrative Orders
Middle District of Pennsylvania - Local Rules and Orders
The United States Code Service, available on the LexisNexis Digital Library, includes the U.S. Ct. of Appeals Circuit Rules. Members must be logged in to jenkinslaw.org to access this database. This database is also available in the library.
United States Code Service - Court Rules: Courts of Appeals
Available on the LexisNexis Digital Library. A search for "United States Code Service" "Courts of Appeals" will return the pertinent U.S.C.S. volumes.
Individual Circuit & Individual Federal Trial Local Court Rules
Available on the library's Lexis computers.
Circuit rules are found in the USCS - Federal Rules Annotated content page. Federal District rules are found in the [State] Local, State & Federal Court Rules content page.
Historical court rules may also be available. For instructions on finding historical court rules on Lexis, see the Historical US Code page of the United States Code guide.
Federal Circuit Court Rules & Federal District Court Rules
Available on the library's Westlaw computers. For Circuit Court Rules, see the Federal Court Rules content page. For District Court Rules, including rules for bankruptcy court, see the Federal Local Court Rules content page.
Historical court rules may also be available. See the United States Code Annotated - Historical for circuit rules. For instructions on finding historical court rules on Westlaw, see the Historical US Code page of the United States Code guide.
Federal Court Rules
Available on the library's Bloomberg Law computers. From "Select Sources" to the right of the main search bar, select U.S. Courts > Court Rules > Federal Court Rules.
Includes local circuit and district court rules. Current rules only.
Select print resources include local federal rules. See below for more details.
Federal Court of Appeals Manual: Local Rules West/Thomson Reuters
Includes Rules of Appellate Procedure and U.S. Ct. of Appeals Circuit Rules.
Federal Local Court Rules West/Thomson Reuters
Includes all U.S. Ct. of Appeals Circuit Rules as well as District Court rules for all 50 states and D.C.
Individual State Federal Court Rules Publisher Varies
Use the Jenkins' catalog to search for a particular state. Many individual state federal court rules volumes include circuit and district court rules pertaining to that state. A search using the state name and federal court rules should return the appropriate record. Please contact Research Services at 215.574.1505 or research@jenkinslaw.org if you have further questions. Pennsylvania Eastern, Middle, and Western District court rules, as well as rules for the Third Circuit, can be found in Pennsylvania Rules of Court: Federal.
United States Code
U.S. Code commercial publications include the U.S. Ct. of Appeals Circuit Rules. The U.S. Code can be found in multiple places. For a full list please see the United State Code guide.