ORDER AMENDING THE RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR THE COURT

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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURT OF REVIEW
WASHINGTON, D.C.
ORDER AMENDING THE RULES OF
PROCEDURE FOR THE COURT
ORDER
Docket Number: 18-02
BEFORE BRYSON, CABRANES, and TALLMAN:
Following the February 2018 publication of the proposed amendment to
Rule 15(d) of the Rules of Procedure of the United States Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Court of Review, the Court received two comments. After
consideration of the comments, the Court now adopts the attached amendment to
Rule 15(d) ofthe Court's rules.
The Clerk of the Court is directed to transmit copies of the amendment to the
recipients designated under 50 U.S.C. § 1803(g).
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: May 3, 2018
~e.?a~WILLIAM C. BRYSON, Presiding Judge

Rule 15. Amicus Curiae.
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(d)Brief of an Amicus Curiae.
(l)Content. 	An amicus curiae brief must conform to the requirements of
Rule 14(a)(2)-(8) and (10), except that none of the following need
appear:
(A) the jurisdictional statement;
(B) 	the statement of the issues; and
(C) the statement of the standard of review.
(2) Format and Length. An amicus curiae brief must meet the
requirements of Rule 9(c) and Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
29(a)(5) and 32(a), except that a brief filed by a Court-appointed
amicus is subject to the maximum length restrictions of Federal Rule
of Appellate Procedure 32(a)(7), and not Federal Rule of Appellate
Procedure 29(a)(5).
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