---
kind: "section"
citation: "Fed. R. Civ. P. Supp. Soc. Sec. R. 5"
title: "28a"
title_heading: "Judicial Personnel Financial Disclosure Requirements"
number: "ss-5"
heading: "Presenting the Action for Decision"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/28a/ss-5"
units:
  - "Court Rules — Federal Rules of Civil Procedure"
---

# Rule 5. Presenting the Action for Decision


The action is presented for decision by the parties’ briefs. A brief must support assertions of fact by citations to particular parts of the record.


## Source credit

(As added Apr. 11, 2022, eff. Dec. 1, 2022.)

## Notes

### Codification

For discussion of establishment and application of procedure under these supplemental rules, see Committee Notes on Rules—2022, set out as a note under Rule 8.