[DOC] [TLE] Supreme Court Procedures | United States Courts [PAR] Appellate jurisdiction means that the Court has the authority to review the ... The 
primary means to petition the court for review is to ask it to grant a writ of certiorari
. ... The Court usually is not under any obligation to hear these cases, and it ... If 
the Justices decide to accept a case (grant a petition for certiorari), the case is... [DOC] [TLE] Appeals | United States Courts - U.S. Courts [PAR] The losing party in a decision by a trial court in the federal courts normally is ... A 
litigant who loses in a federal court of appeals, or in the highest court of a state, 
may file a petition for a "writ of certiorari," which is a document asking the 
Supreme Court to review the case. .... Records and Archives of the Rules 
Committees. [DOC] [TLE] Appellate procedure in the United States - Wikipedia [PAR] United States appellate procedure involves the rules and regulations for filing 
appeals in state ... An appellate court is a court that hears cases on appeal from 
another court. ... These grounds typically could include errors of law, fact, 
procedure or due ... An appeal "as of right" is one that is guaranteed by statute or 
some... [DOC] [TLE] Supreme Court Consideration of Cases [PAR] The court regularly receives some 7,000 cases submitted for its review, most ... 
are petitions from one or both sides of a case asking for the high court's review. ... 
the petition, a "writ of cert" is issued, which essentially asks the appellate court to 
... court's law clerks -- four handpicked staffers per justice who are usually top law
... [DOC] [TLE] all you will ever need to know about rehearing and review petitions [PAR] Review petitions should generally be filed in any case which involves a review ... 
the federal habeas petition (or, rarely, cert. petition) by your client or by you ... In 
my experience, one can actually get rehearing granted on this ground. ... better 
off not asking for rehearing and giving the Court of Appeal a chance to clean up 
its. [DOC] [TLE] U.S. Court of Appeals For The Third Circuit Practice Guide [PAR] jurisdiction (e.g., petitions for writ of mandamus or writ of habeas corpus) or 
practice ... If one or more of the parties filed a timely post-trial motion, however, 
this ... The Court of Appeals also has strict limitations governing the review of 
cases. ... review only the facts that are in the record; and requirements that, 
generally, the... [DOC] [TLE] Civil Appeals in Washington - Law Offices of David B. Zuckerman [PAR] First, the appellate court will generally defer to the trial court's findings of fact. ... 
testimony of one witness over another, it is not likely that a court of appeals would 
reverse that finding. ... Generally, an appeal is limited to the trial court record. ... 
file a petition for review, asking the Washington Supreme Court to hear the case
. [DOC] [TLE] YOUR APPEAL AND YOUR LAWYER [PAR] You may have to pay for having a court-appointed lawyer for your appeal. ... 1. 
He or she is appointed to represent you. 2. The record on appeal is filed. 3. .... In 
a few cases, your lawyer will ask the appeals court to completely throw out your ... 
The request for review is called a Petition for Discretionary Review, or PDR. [DOC] [TLE] 2013 Rules of the Court - Supreme Court [PAR] Apr 19, 2013 ... Rule 11. Certiorari to a United States Court of Appeals Before. Judgment . .... 
Rule 1. Clerk. 1. The Clerk receives documents for filing with the Court and has 
authority to ... The Clerk maintains the Court's records and will not permit any of 
.... A petition for a writ of certiorari to review a case pending in a United... [DOC] [TLE] Judge Kenny Griffis - The Mississippi Bar [PAR] on high the legal battle fought below, and when the dust and smoke of battle 
clear they come ... the Mississippi Court of Appeals decides a case and writes

Question: A petition for certiorari asks that an appellate court, usually this high one, review a case's record
Answer: Supreme Court