---
kind: "unit"
title: "11a"
title_heading: "Bankruptcy Rules"
key: "ptVIII"
level: "part"
label: "Part VIII"
heading: "Appeal to a District Court or a Bankruptcy Appellate Panel"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/11a/ptVIII"
sections_count: 30
---

# Part VIII — Appeal to a District Court or a Bankruptcy Appellate Panel

Title 11A — Bankruptcy Rules

## Sections

- [§bankr-8001. Scope; Definition of “BAP”; Sending Documents Electronically](/usc/11a/bankr-8001.md)
- [§bankr-8002. Time to File a Notice of Appeal](/usc/11a/bankr-8002.md)
- [§bankr-8003. Appeal as of Right—How Taken; Docketing the Appeal](/usc/11a/bankr-8003.md)
- [§bankr-8004. Leave to Appeal from an Interlocutory Order or Decree Under 28 U.S.C. § 158(a)(3)](/usc/11a/bankr-8004.md)
- [§bankr-8005. Election to Have an Appeal Heard in the District Court Instead of the BAP](/usc/11a/bankr-8005.md)
- [§bankr-8006. Certifying a Direct Appeal to the](/usc/11a/bankr-8006.md)
- [§bankr-8007. Stay Pending Appeal; Bond; Suspending Proceedings](/usc/11a/bankr-8007.md)
- [§bankr-8008. Indicative Rulings](/usc/11a/bankr-8008.md)
- [§bankr-8009. Record on Appeal; Sealed Documents](/usc/11a/bankr-8009.md)
- [§bankr-8010. Transcribing the Proceedings; Filing the Transcript; Sending the Record](/usc/11a/bankr-8010.md)
- [§bankr-8011. Filing and Service; Signature](/usc/11a/bankr-8011.md)
- [§bankr-8012. Disclosure Statement](/usc/11a/bankr-8012.md)
- [§bankr-8013. Motions; Interventions](/usc/11a/bankr-8013.md)
- [§bankr-8014. Briefs](/usc/11a/bankr-8014.md)
- [§bankr-8015. Form and Length of a Brief; Form of an Appendix or Other Paper](/usc/11a/bankr-8015.md)
- [§bankr-8016. Cross-Appeals](/usc/11a/bankr-8016.md)
- [§bankr-8017. Brief of an Amicus Curiae](/usc/11a/bankr-8017.md)
- [§bankr-8018. Serving and Filing Briefs and Appendices](/usc/11a/bankr-8018.md)
- [§bankr-8018.1. Reviewing a Judgment That the Bankruptcy Court Lacked Authority to Enter](/usc/11a/bankr-8018.1.md)
- [§bankr-8019. Oral Argument](/usc/11a/bankr-8019.md)
- [§bankr-8020. Frivolous Appeal; Other Misconduct](/usc/11a/bankr-8020.md)
- [§bankr-8021. Costs](/usc/11a/bankr-8021.md)
- [§bankr-8022. Motion for Rehearing](/usc/11a/bankr-8022.md)
- [§bankr-8023. Voluntary Dismissal](/usc/11a/bankr-8023.md)
- [§bankr-8023.1. Substitution of Parties](/usc/11a/bankr-8023.1.md)
- [§bankr-8024. Clerk’s Duties on Disposition of the Appeal](/usc/11a/bankr-8024.md)
- [§bankr-8025. Staying a District Court or BAP Judgment](/usc/11a/bankr-8025.md)
- [§bankr-8026. Making and Amending Local Rules; Procedure When There Is No Controlling Law](/usc/11a/bankr-8026.md)
- [§bankr-8027. Notice of a Mediation Procedure](/usc/11a/bankr-8027.md)
- [§bankr-8028. Suspending These Part VIII Rules](/usc/11a/bankr-8028.md)