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Jon O. Newman is a senior United States Circuit Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Newman, a former Chief Judge, is the 2016 recipient of the Devitt Award, the federal judiciary's highest honor. Newman is the author of Benched, a memoir, scores of law review articles, and co-author of A Genealogical Chart of Greek Mythology with Harold Newman. Marin K. Levy is a Professor of Law at Duke Law School. Levy's work on the federal courts and judicial administration has been published in the Yale Law Journal, University of Chicago Law Review, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, and California Law Review, among other scholarly journals, and has been discussed in The New York Times, Washington Post, Atlantic, and other public outlets. Levy has also testified before Congress and the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States, and is a member of the American Law Institute.

Foreword; Preface; Introduction; 1. The Chief Judge of a Circuit; 2. Administrative Structure; 3. Calendars, Panels, and Assignment of Cases; 4. Motions; 5. Expedited Appeals; 6. Briefs of Parties and Amici Curiae; 7. Oral Argument; 8. Precedential Opinions; 9. Non-Precedential Opinions; 10. En Banc Procedures; 11. Promoting the Expeditious Disposition of Appeals; 12. Death Penalty Cases; 13. Senior Judges; 14. Judicial Councils and Judicial Conferences; 15. Information on Websites; 16. Miscellaneous Provisions; Conclusion; Index.