Internal Operating Procedures
Table of Contents
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Internal Operating Procedures
Table of Contents
- I. Screening Process
- (a) Duties of the Central Legal Staff and Public Office (b) Duties of the Screening Judge
- II. Single-Judge Action
- (a) Policy (b) Procedure
- III. Reconsideration, Requests for Panel Decision, and Subsequent Appeals
- (a) Reconsideration and/or Request for Panel Decision (b) Subsequent Appeals
- IV. Oral Argument
- (a) When Allowed (b) Time and Manner
- V. Panel Process
- (a) Policy
(b) Forming Panels
(c) Panel Disposition
(d) Panel Action and Separate Statements
(e) Dissolving Panels
- (a) Policy
(b) Forming Panels
(c) Panel Disposition
(d) Panel Action and Separate Statements
- VI. Post-Panel Process
- (a) Reconsideration (b) Review
- VII. En Banc Process
- (a) Policy (b) Procedure
- VIII. Publication of Court Actions
- (a) Policy (b) Designation for Publication
- IX. Motions, Consolidation
- (a) Motions (b) Consolidation
- X. Internal Circulation of Decisions
- (a) Policy (b) Procedure
- XI. Petitions for Extraordinary Writs
- (a) Policy (b) Procedure
- XII. Applications for Attorney Fees and Expenses
- (a) Procedure
(b) Judge or Panel Assignment
(c) Bifurcated Applications
(d) Finality - XIII. Board of Judges
- (a) Composition
(b) Meetings
(c) Resolutions - XIV. Standing Panel on Admission and Discipline