Filings; Translation(s) Required

(a) Timeliness. Unless the BAP orders otherwise, any document(s), other than briefs and appendices, which are not filed electronically are timely filed if received in the office of the BAP clerk by 5:00 p.m. All documents filed shall be received and docketed by the BAP clerk, whether or not timely filed. The BAP has established procedures for electronic filing of documents, with certain exceptions, as set forth in General Order No. 2 and any amendments to that order. (b) Translation(s) Required. The BAP will disregard any document(s) not in the English language unless a contemporaneous official, certified, or stipulated translation(s) is furnished. Whenever a party cites to a statute, Rule, or regulation of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (“Puerto Rico”), an opinion of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, or other court of Puerto Rico in an appendix, brief, or at oral argument and the cited authority is not available in the bound English language volumes, an official, certified, or stipulated translation thereof shall be filed. Translations of pertinent and relevant excerpts of the foregoing may be accepted if stipulated to by the parties or submitted by a party not less than 30 days before oral argument. Where translations of excerpts are submitted by one party, opposing parties may submit, prior to oral argument, translations of such additional parts as they deem necessary for a proper understanding of the substance of any such statute, rule, regulation, or holding. (c) Privacy Protection. An appeal in a case or proceeding to which Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9037 privacy protection applied is governed by the same rule on appeal. In all other appeals, Fed. R. Civ. P. 5.2 privacy protection governs. The BAP clerk may but shall not be required to redact 9 personally identifiable information that a party neglects to redact. (d) Hyperlinks. Electronically filed documents may, but need not, contain hyperlinks except as stated herein. Hyperlinks to cited authority may not replace standard citation format and will not be considered part of the record. The BAP accepts no responsibility for the availability or functionality of any hyperlink and does not endorse the content or provider of any hyperlink.