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RULES  OF  THE  SUPREME  COURT 

1185 

Court  under  paragraph  7  of  this  Rule  will  not  be  deferred 
pending  its  receipt.  Forty  copies  shall  be  ﬁled,  except  that 
an  appellant  proceeding  in  forma  pauperis  under  Rule  39, 
including an inmate of an institution, shall ﬁle the number of 
copies  required  for  a  petition  by  such  a  person  under  Rule 
12.2.  The brief shall be served as required by Rule 29. 

9.  If a cross-appeal has been docketed, distribution of both 
jurisdictional  statements  will  be  deferred  until  the  cross-
appeal is due for distribution under this Rule. 

10.  Any  party  may  ﬁle  a  supplemental  brief  at  any  time 
while a jurisdictional statement is pending, calling attention 
to  new  cases,  new  legislation,  or  other  intervening  matter 
not available at the time of the party’s last ﬁling.  A supple­
mental  brief shall  be restricted  to new  matter and  shall fol­
low,  insofar  as  applicable,  the  form  for  a  brief  in  opposition 
prescribed  by  Rule  15.  Forty  copies  shall  be  ﬁled,  except 
that  a  party  proceeding  in  forma  pauperis  under  Rule  39, 
including an inmate of an institution, shall ﬁle the number of 
copies  required  for  a  petition  by  such  a  person  under  Rule 
12.2.  The supplemental brief shall be served as required by 
Rule 29. 

11.  The  clerk  of  the  district  court  shall  retain  possession 
of the record until notiﬁed by the Clerk of this Court to cer­
tify and transmit it.  See Rule 12.7. 

12.  After  considering  the  documents  distributed  under 
this Rule, the Court may dispose summarily of the appeal on 
the merits,  note probable jurisdiction,  or postpone consider­
ation of jurisdiction until a hearing of the case on the merits. 
If not disposed of summarily, the case stands for brieﬁng and 
oral argument on the merits.  If consideration of jurisdiction 
is postponed, counsel, at the outset of their briefs and at oral 
argument, shall address the  question of jurisdiction.  If the 
record has not previously been ﬁled in this Court, the Clerk 
of this Court will request the clerk of the court in possession 
of the record to certify and transmit it. 

13.  If the Clerk determines that a jurisdictional statement 
submitted timely and in good faith is in a form that does not 
comply with this Rule or with Rule 33 or Rule 34, the Clerk