Federal courts of appeals: PDF requirements for e-filing
Federal courts of appeals use CM/ECF. Their limits matter most for appendices and records, which are usually scanned and large. Appeals courts also tend to cap the number of attachments, so a big appendix often has to be split into a set number of volumes.
Limits for the 13 courts below range from 6.5 MB to 100 MB per file.
| Court | Per PDF | Per filing | Searchable text | Bookmarks | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit | 55 MB | — | — | — | |
| U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | 50 MB | — | — | — | |
| U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 48 MB | — | — | — | |
| U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | 60 MB | — | — | — | |
| U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | 20 MB | 50 MB | — | — | |
| U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | 6.5 MB | — | — | — | |
| U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | 50 MB | 250 MB | — | — | |
| U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | 100 MB | — | — | — | |
| U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | 10 MB | — | — | — | |
| U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | 10 MB | 50 MB | — | — | |
| U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | 53 MB | — | — | — | |
| U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | 30 MB | 150 MB | Required | Recommended | |
| U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | 50 MB | — | — | — |