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RULES  OF  THE  SUPREME  COURT 

placed on this Court’s docket within the time prescribed for 
docketing,  the  district  court  may  dismiss  the  appeal  on  the 
appellee’s  motion,  with  notice  to  all  parties,  and  may  make 
any  just  order  with  respect  to  costs.  If  the  district  court 
has  denied  the  appellee’s  motion  to  dismiss  the  appeal,  the 
appellee may move this Court to docket and dismiss the ap­
peal by ﬁling an original and 10 copies of a motion presented 
in  conformity  with  Rules  21  and  33.2.  The  motion  shall  be 
accompanied by proof of service as required by Rule 29, and 
by a certiﬁcate from the clerk of the district court, certifying 
that  a  notice  of  appeal  was  ﬁled  and  that  the  appellee’s  mo­
tion to dismiss was denied.  The appellant may not thereaf­
ter ﬁle a jurisdictional statement without special leave of the 
Court, and the  Court may allow costs  against the appellant. 
6.  Within  30  days  after  the  case  is  placed  on  this  Court’s 
docket,  the  appellee  may  ﬁle  a  motion  to  dismiss,  to  afﬁrm, 
or  in  the  alternative  to  afﬁrm  or  dismiss.  Forty  copies  of 
the motion shall be ﬁled, except that an appellee proceeding 
in forma pauperis under Rule 39, including an inmate of an 
institution, shall ﬁle the number of copies required for a peti­
tion  by  such  a  person  under  Rule  12.2,  together  with  a  mo­
tion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis, a copy of which 
shall  precede  and  be  attached  to  each  copy  of  the  motion  to 
dismiss,  to  afﬁrm,  or  in  the  alternative  to  afﬁrm  or  dismiss. 
The motion shall follow, insofar as applicable, the form for a 
brief  in  opposition  prescribed  by  Rule  15,  and  shall  comply 
in all respects with Rule 21. 

7.  The Clerk will distribute the jurisdictional statement to 
the  Court  for  its  consideration  upon  receiving  an  express 
waiver of the right to ﬁle a motion to dismiss or to afﬁrm or, 
if  no  waiver  or  motion  is  ﬁled,  upon  the  expiration  of  the 
time  allowed  for  ﬁling.  If  a  motion  to  dismiss  or  to  afﬁrm 
is  timely  ﬁled,  the  Clerk  will  distribute  the  jurisdictional 
statement, motion, and any brief opposing the motion to the 
Court  for  its  consideration  no  less  than  10  days  after  the 
motion is ﬁled. 

8.  Any appellant may ﬁle a brief opposing a motion to dis­
miss  or  to  afﬁrm,  but  distribution  and  consideration  by  the