E-mail Notification of Certain Court Orders and the Scheduling of Oral Argument

All counsel and self-represented litigants can register with the Appeals Court to receive e-mail notification of certain Appeals Court docket entries (e.g., actions, orders, and decisions) and of the scheduling of an oral argument in an appeal in which they are participating. To register, the attorney or self represented litigant must send an e-mail containing their name, BBO number (if applicable), and e-mail address to: enoticesignup@appct.state.ma.us

The e-notice registration will be applied to all pending and future appeals entered in the Appeals Court involving that attorney or self represented litigant. There is no need to register separately for each appeal, nor to re-register if you have previously registered. To change your e-mail address to a different address, you must send a new e-mail that contains the new address and the information referenced above. Only one e-mail address per recipient can be used at a time.

As early as one month before the scheduled argument date, the Clerk's Office will send a Notice of Argument by regular U.S. mail. Counsel of record who have properly registered to receive e-mail notice will be sent only an e-notice of the oral argument; counsel will not receive a hard copy by U.S. mail. Self-represented litigants who have properly registered to receive e-mail notice will receive an e-notice and a hard copy by U.S. Mail of the oral argument.

The Notice of Argument requires that the recipient file a reply in writing that specifies the name of the attorney or self represented litigant who will present oral argument for a specific party. All such replies must be filed promptly with the Clerk's Office by mail or hand delivery. An attorney or self-represented litigant who received an e-mail notification of the oral argument can satisfy this requirement by responding by e-mail. All counsel and self-represented litigants who are not already signed up for e-mail notification can register by sending an e-mail containing the information described above.