TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Habeas corpus
A. Certificate of appealability
1. Notice of appeal
2. Docketing/filing fee
3. Appeal following issuance of COA
B. Second or successive petition for a writ of
habeas corpus
C. Petition for a writ of habeas corpus in a death
penalty case
Appeals that raise civil rights claims under 42
U.S.C.§
1983 (state prisoners) and Bivens (federal prisoners)
A. Prisoner authorization form
B. Docketing/filing fee
C. Notice of appeal
Failure to file forms, briefs, and other documents
Appeals clerks in the District Courts
Second Circuit clerk's office
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