A petition to the Supreme Court for review of a decision of the Court of Appeals must be in writing and must be filed within 18 days from the date of the decision, regardless of whether a petition for rehearing is filed with the Court of Appeals. The petition must briefly and distinctly state the basis upon which the case should be reviewed and may include citations of authority or references to statutes or constitutional provisions. Briefs will not be accepted and oral arguments will not be heard in support of petitions for review. However, the petitioner may attach a copy of the petition for rehearing to the petition for review. A response to a petition for review must be filed within 10 calendar days of the date the petition was filed.
Responses are subject to the same limitations as petitions.
The respondent may attach a copy of the response to the petition for rehearing to the response to the petition for review. When the Supreme Court grants a petition for review, the Clerk shall promptly notify all counsel and parties appearing pro se. Within two weeks of the notification, fourteen additional copies of the briefs previously submitted to the Court of Appeals shall be filed with the Clerk. Any party may request oral argument by filing, contemporaneously with that party's filing of the additional copies of the briefs, a letter, separate from the brief, stating the request with a copy to all parties. The decision to grant the request for oral argument and other aspects of oral argument are governed by Rule 5-1.