---
kind: "section"
citation: "Fed. R. Civ. P. Supp. Soc. Sec. R. 7"
title: "28a"
title_heading: "Judicial Personnel Financial Disclosure Requirements"
number: "ss-7"
heading: "Commissioner’s Brief"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/28a/ss-7"
units:
  - "Court Rules — Federal Rules of Civil Procedure"
---

# Rule 7. Commissioner’s Brief


The Commissioner must file a brief and serve it on the plaintiff within 30 days after service of the plaintiff’s brief.


## 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.