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Posted: July 23, 2020

Rules of Appellate Procedure – Effective November 1, 2020

URAP048. Time for petitioning. Amend. First, the amendments to URAP Rule 48(c) clarify that the new paragraph (b) of Rule 35 does not affect the time for filing a petition for a writ of certiorari, unless the Court of Appeals treats the request as a petition for rehearing under Rule 35(a). Second, the amendments to Rule 48(e) are meant to conform to current Supreme Court practices in reviewing requests for time extensions. Third, the amendments remove paragraph (f) to conform with Standing Order 11. Fourth, there are general clean-up amendments proposed throughout the rule.

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