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RULES  OF  THE  SUPREME  COURT 

tory  except  in  a  capital  case,  see  Rule  14.1(a),  or  when  or­
dered by the Court. 

2.  A  brief  in  opposition  should  be  stated  brieﬂy  and  in 
plain terms and may not exceed the word or page limitations 
speciﬁed  in  Rule  33.  In  addition  to  presenting  other  argu­
ments for denying the petition, the brief in opposition should 
address  any  perceived  misstatement  of  fact  or  law  in  the 
petition that bears  on what issues properly  would be before 
the  Court  if  certiorari  were  granted.  Counsel  are  admon­
ished  that  they  have  an  obligation to  the  Court  to  point  out 
in  the  brief  in  opposition,  and  not  later,  any  perceived  mis­
statement made in the petition.  Any objection to consider­
ation of a question presented based on what occurred in the 
proceedings  below,  if  the  objection  does  not  go  to  jurisdic­
tion,  may be  deemed waived  unless  called to  the Court’s  at­
tention in the brief in opposition. 

3.  Any  brief  in  opposition  shall  be  ﬁled  within  30  days 
after the case is placed on the docket, unless the time is ex­
tended by the Court or a Justice, or by the Clerk under Rule 
30.4.  Forty  copies  shall  be  ﬁled,  except  that  a  respondent 
proceeding  in  forma  pauperis  under  Rule  39,  including  an 
inmate  of  an  institution,  shall  ﬁle  the  number  of  copies  re­
quired  for  a  petition  by  such  a  person  under  Rule  12.2,  to­
gether with a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis, 
a  copy  of  which  shall  precede  and  be  attached  to  each  copy 
of  the  brief  in  opposition.  If  the  petitioner  is  proceeding 
in forma pauperis,  the respondent shall prepare  its brief in 
opposition,  if  any, as  required  by  Rule  33.2, and  shall  ﬁle  an 
original  and  10  copies  of  that  brief.  Whether  prepared 
under  Rule  33.1  or  Rule  33.2,  the  brief  in  opposition  shall 
comply  with  the  requirements  of  Rule  24  governing  a  re­
spondent’s brief, except that no summary of the argument is 
required.  A brief in opposition may not be joined with any 
other  pleading,  except  that  any  motion  for  leave  to  proceed 
in  forma  pauperis  shall  be  attached.  The  brief  in  opposi­
tion shall be served as required by Rule 29.