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9th Cir. R. 21-2 — Format of Extraordinary Writs and Answers; Number of Copies; Length: the court's own rule, verbatim from FEDERAL RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE NINTH CIRCUIT RULES CIRCUIT ADVISORY COMMITTEE NOTES (1 June 2026), official PDF, sha-custodied. Court-level requirement: applies to appeals in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit alongside the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.
(a) Format: Petitions for writs of mandamus, prohibition or other extraordinary relief directed to a district judge, magistrate judge, or bankruptcy judge must bear the title of the appropriate court and may not bear the name of the judge as respondent in the caption. Petitions must include in the caption: the name of each petitioner; the name of the appropriate court as respondent; and the name of each real party in interest. Other petitions for extraordinary writs must include in the caption: the name of each petitioner and the name of each appropriate adverse party below as respondent. (Rev. 7/1/00; Rev. 12/1/16) (b) Number of Copies: Unrepresented parties must file an original in paper format of the petition, an answer, if ordered, and any supporting papers and appendices. A petition or answer filed by counsel must be submitted via the Appellate Electronic Filing System. (New 7/1/00; Rev. 12/1/09; Rev. 7/1/13; Rev 12/1/16; Rev. 12/1/24) (c) Length: Except by permission of the Court, a petition, or answer, if ordered, may not exceed 30 pages. The documents listed at FRAP 21(a)(2)(C) and FRAP 32(f) are excluded from the length limit calculation. (New 12/1/16) Cross Reference: • Circuit Rule 25-5. Electronic Filing on page 84 • Circuit Rule 32-3. Page/Word Count Conversion Formula for Briefs and Other Documents on page 143
(a) Format: Petitions for writs of mandamus, prohibition or other extraordinary relief directed to a district judge, magistrate judge, or bankruptcy judge must bear the title of the appropriate court and may not bear the name of the judge as respondent in the caption. Petitions m
Division XI: information forms for data processing (Rule 11.2); required action - action taken on all calendared cases and a future date always set (Rule 11.19); and pro tem judges - an attorney named as a plaintiff in a civil or small claims case may not sit as a judge pro-tem during the case or within six months following its resolution, nor one named as a defendant in two or more such cases (Rule 11.22). Rules 11.1, 11.3 to 11.5, 11.7 to 11.18, 11.20 and 11.21 are repealed, and Rule 11.6 (voluntary arbitration; see Local Rule 10.2) was repealed and renumbered.
Duval County's indigent-defense and magistration rules under the Texas Fair Defense Act (S.B. 7): who may be booked into the county jail and on what paper; arrest-case numbering; presentment to a magistrate within 48 hours (art. 15.16); the magistrate's warnings, counsel inquiry, interpreter duty, indigence determination and appointment of counsel within 24 hours of a request; the alternative appointment plan under art. 26.04(g)-(h) with annual applications, seven attorney categories (capital, first and second degree, third degree/state jail/misdemeanor, competency, appeals, post-conviction, extradition), CLE and experience standards, random rotation within each category, written acceptance within 48 hours, first contact by the end of the next working day, replacement and suspension of counsel, fee applications within five days of completing services and the compensation attachment ($500 pleas; $175/$150 hourly; $1,400 per jury-trial day; appellate caps); bail schedules by offense class with a personal bond office (fee $20 or 3%), pre-trial supervision and revocation hearings within two working days; arraignment settings and notice; repeal of conflicting rules.