RAMIREZ_PetitionFOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI_2_6_2017
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QUESTIONS PRESENTED<br />
Ramirez was pro se and in forma pauperis. The lower court ordered the filing of a<br />
corrected brief and appendix. Ramirez’s corrected brief was timely mailed but the<br />
appendix was not because of a print-shop error. Under 11th Cir. R. 42-2(e), he<br />
mailed the appendix the very next day with his unopposed motion to treat it as<br />
timely and not dismiss his appeal on account of those extraordinary circumstances.<br />
The clerk received the corrected appendix and unopposed motion together. The<br />
clerk immediately treated the appeal as dismissed under 11th Cir. R. 42-2(c)<br />
because the corrected appendix was not filed by the due date. Yet the clerk did not<br />
file his 11th Cir. R. 42-2(e) motion to treat the corrected appendix as timely because<br />
it had dismissed the appeal.<br />
First. Do Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure 25 and 45 require the clerk to file<br />
Ramirez’s unopposed motion to treat the corrected appendix as timely and present<br />
it to the Eleventh Circuit for consideration and ruling?<br />
Second. Is 11th Cir. R. 42-2 an unreasonable exercise of the Eleventh Circuit’s<br />
supervisory and rulemaking powers because it conflicts with the Federal Rules of<br />
Appellate Procedure?