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Chapter 8 (Appellate Division and Appeals), in four divisions: general - sessions of the appellate division on the second Friday of each month (Rule 8.1.0), briefs, agreed statements, applications and motions of no more than five (5) pages, oral argument, abandonment, writ petitions and their filing at 939 W. Main Street, El Centro (Rules 8.1.8 and 8.1.9), and transcripts of electronic recordings in civil appeals (Rule 8.1.10); criminal - the cost of transcripts, bail and stays of execution (Rules 8.2.0 and 8.2.1); civil - stay orders and writs of supersedeas (Rule 8.3.0); and small claims appeals (Rule 8.4.0).
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Chapter 8 Appellate Division and Appeals Division 1 General Rule 8.1.0 Sessions The appellate division shall meet on the second Friday of each month provided there are Court cases which meet all of the following: (a) The record has been filed with the Appellate Division. (b) All briefs have been submitted, oral argument has been requested, or the time for requesting oral argument has elapsed. (c) The matter has been submitted, oral argument has been requested, or the time for requesting oral argument has elapsed. [Adopted July 1, 2007, Rule 8.0 renumbered to 8.1.0 01/01/09, amended 01/01/10] Rule 8.1.1 Content of Briefs All briefs shall comply with CRC 8.204(a). [Adopted July 1, 2007, Rule 8.1 renumbered to 8.1.1 01/01/09] Rule 8.1.2 Agreed Statement on Appeal The Court encourages the use of an agreed statement on appeal. To the extent that the parties are able to stipulate to some matters but not others, the parties shall file a joint agreed statement setting forth those matters upon which they agree and disagree, as well as the parties’ respective positions on those matters to which they do not agree. The appellant shall prepare the agreed statement on appeal, but it shall be signed by counsel for all parties. [Adopted effective July 1, 2007, Rule 8.2 renumbered to 8.1.2 01/01/09] Rule 8.1.3 Stay Orders in Pending Civil Appeals [Rule 8.1.3 renumbered to 8.3.0 01/01/12] Rule 8.1.4 Applications and Motions (a) No application or motion shall exceed five (5) pages in length. All applications shall include a declaration under penalty of perjury stating with particularity the grounds and reasons for the application. (b) Rulings on applications and motions made pursuant to this rule are made, without hearing, by the presiding judge of the appellate division. [Adopted July 1, 2007, Rule 8.4 renumbered to 8.1.4 01/01/09] Rule 8.1.5 Oral Argument (a) The date for oral argument will be set by the appellate division. A party who fails to appear at oral argument when the case is called, is deemed to have waived oral argument. (b) Continuances will only be granted upon a showing of good cause. Continuances by stipulation are subject to the approval of the presiding judge of the appellate division, and will be ruled upon, without a hearing. [Adopted July 1, 2007, Rule 8.5 renumbered to 8.1.5 01/01/09] Rule 8.1.6 Abandonment (a) Counsel for appellant must promptly advise the appellate division in writing of the abandonment of any appeal, of settlement, and satisfaction of judgment. [Adopted July 1, 2007, Rule 8.6 renumbered to 8.1.6 01/01/09] Rule 8.1.7 Judgment [Repealed] [Adopted July 1, 2007, Rule 8.7 renumbered to 8.1.7 01/01/09, Repealed 01/01/12] Rule 8.1.8 Disposition of Petition Within 15 days of the filing of the writ petition, the court will either summarily deny the petition or issue an alternative order to show cause why the relief requested should not be granted. If the alternative writ or order to show cause is issued, the Court shall allow at least 5 days for the Court to act or the party to file a responsive pleading, except as herein provided. If the Court grants petitioner’s request for stay, the Court will allow at least 10 days for a response. On the motion of any party for good cause shown, or on the Court’s own motion, the Court may shorten or extend time for doing any act under this rule. [Adopted July 1, 2007, Rule 8.10 renumbered to 8.2.2 01/01/09, Rule 8.2.2 renumbered to 8.1.8 01/01/12] Rule 8.1.9 Filing Requirements (a) All petitions for extra ordinary relief which name the Superior Court, County of Imperial as respondent, must be filed in the office of the clerk at 939 W. Main Street, El Centro. No such petitions will be accepted for filing anywhere else. Unless otherwise ordered, any subsequent pleadings and papers in the same matter must be filed in the same office. (b) All such petitions will be assigned appellate case numbers. (c) No filing fee will be required when a petition arises from a criminal case. (d) The petitioner or counsel for the petitioner is required to submit one original and five copies of the petition. Each copy of the petition must include all declarations, exhibits and/or other permissible attachments (e) If the underlying action is civil, petitioner must also include envelopes bearing sufficient postage for service of the court’s orders and addressed to petitioner, respondent(s), and real party/parties in interest. [Adopted July 1, 2007, Rule 8.11 renumbered to 8.2.3 01/01/09, Rule 8.2.3 renumbered to 8.1.9 01/01/12] Rule 8.1.10 Transcript of Recording in Civil Appeals Pursuant to California Rules of Court, Rule 8.837 (6) (B), the trial court may order that a transcript of the official electronic recording be prepared as a record of all or part of the oral proceedings. [Adopted January 1, 2015] Division 2 Criminal-Misdemeanor and Felony Rule 8.2.0 Cost of Transcripts in Criminal Cases (a) In criminal cases in which the defendant appeals any court order or judgment, and requests a transcript at public expense, the Court may conduct a hearing to determine the defendant’s financial ability to pay all, or part of, the cost of the transcript. (b) A request for a transcript at public expense in cases where the matter appealed from was electronically recorded will be granted only in exceptional circumstances and only upon a showing of good cause. (c) The defendant’s request for the preparation of a transcript at public expense shall be in writing and shall set forth by declaration good cause for the request including but not limited to a detailed and specific account of all efforts made to create a record through other means such as a settled statement. [Adopted July 1, 2007, Rule 8.8 renumbered to 8.2.0 01/01/09] Rule 8.2.1 Bail and Stay of Execution in Criminal Cases (a) Applications for bail or release on own recognizance must first be made in the trial court, and if denied, may then be made in the appellate division. (b) Applications for bail reduction are ruled upon without hearing. (c) Applications for stay of execution must first be made in the trial court, and, if denied, may then be made in the Appellate Division Applications for stay are ruled upon without hearing. [Adopted July 1, 2007, Rule 8.9 renumbered to 8.2.1 01/01/09] Division 3 Civil Rule 8.3.0 Stay Orders in Pending Civil Appeals (a) Applications for stay orders pending appeal, before notice of appeal has been filed, must be filed in the trial court. Applications for stay orders pending appeal after notice of appeal has been filed, must be filed in the appellate division. (b) Applications for stay orders are ruled upon, without hearing, by the Court, which may request opposition papers be filed before ruling. (c) Petitions for writ of supersedeas must be filed in the appellate division and, must be accompanied by proof of service at the time of filing. Petitions for writ of supersedeas will be ruled upon, without hearing, by the Appellate Presiding Judge who may request that opposition papers be filed before ruling on the petition. (d) Petitions for writs of supersedeas may be granted only on a showing of exceptional circumstances. [Adopted July 1, 2007; Rule 8.3 renumbered to 8.1.3 01/01/09, Rule 8.1.3 renumbered to 8.3.0 01/01/12] Division 4 Small Claims Rule 8.4.0 Calendaring Small claims appeals must be filed at the court in which the small claims matter was heard. The Superior Court Appellate Division will assign a case number to all appeals, and assign the case for trial de novo on a rotational basis to one of the civil judges, in the same manner civil cases are assigned. (See Rule 3.9.2) [Adopted January 1, 2012]
Chapter 8 Appellate Division and Appeals Division 1 General Rule 8.1.0 Sessions The appellate division shall meet on the second Friday of each month provided there are Court cases which meet all of the following: (a) The record has been filed with the Appellate Division. (b) All briefs have been submitted, oral argument has been requested, or the time for requesting oral argument has elapsed. (c)
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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.