United States Code (Last Updated: May 24, 2014) |
AppendixAA 28a. JUDICIAL PERSONNEL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS |
CourtRules FEDERAL RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE |
Title II. APPEAL FROM A JUDGMENT OR ORDER OF A DISTRICT COURT |
CourtRule 7. Bond for Costs on Appeal in a Civil Case
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In a civil case, the district court may require an appellant to file a bond or provide other security in any form and amount necessary to ensure payment of costs on appeal. Rule 8(b) applies to a surety on a bond given under this rule.
Miscellaneous
This rule is derived from FRCP 73(c) without change in substance.
The amendment would eliminate the provision of the present rule that requires the appellant to file a $250 bond for costs on appeal at the time of filing his notice of appeal. The $250 provision was carried forward in the F.R.App.P. from former Rule 73(c) of the F.R.Civ.P., and the $250 figure has remained unchanged since the adoption of that rule in 1937. Today it bears no relationship to actual costs. The amended rule would leave the question of the need for a bond for costs and its amount in the discretion of the court.
The language of the rule is amended to make the rule more easily understood. In addition to changes made to improve the understanding, the Advisory Committee has changed language to make style and terminology consistent throughout the appellate rules. These changes are intended to be stylistic only.