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RULES  OF  THE  SUPREME  COURT 

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glazed,  white  paper.  The  document  shall  be  stapled  or 
bound  at  the  upper  left-hand  corner.  Copies,  if  required, 
shall  be  produced  on  the  same  type  of  paper  and  shall  be 
legible.  The original of any such document (except a motion 
to  dismiss  or  afﬁrm  under  Rule  18.6)  shall  be  signed  by  the 
party proceeding pro se or by counsel of record who must be 
a member of the Bar of this Court or an attorney appointed 
under  the  Criminal  Justice  Act  of  1964,  see  18  U. S. C. 
§ 3006A(d)(6),  or  under  any  other  applicable  federal  statute. 
Subparagraph 1(g) of this Rule does not apply to documents 
prepared under this paragraph. 

(b)  Page limits for documents presented on 81⁄2- by 11-inch 
paper  are:  40  pages  for  a  petition  for  a  writ  of  certiorari, 
jurisdictional  statement,  petition  for  an  extraordinary  writ, 
brief  in  opposition,  or  motion  to  dismiss  or  afﬁrm;  and  15 
pages  for  a  reply  to  a  brief  in  opposition,  brief  opposing  a 
motion  to  dismiss  or  afﬁrm,  supplemental  brief,  or  petition 
for rehearing.  The exclusions speciﬁed in subparagraph 1(d) 
of this Rule apply. 

Rule  34.  Document  Preparation:  General  Requirements 

Every  document,  whether  prepared  under  Rule  33.1  or 

Rule 33.2, shall comply with the following provisions: 

1.  Each document shall bear on its cover, in the order indi­

cated, from the top of the page: 

(a)  the  docket  number  of  the  case  or,  if  there  is  none,  a 

space for one; 

(b)  the name of this Court; 
(c)  the  caption  of  the  case  as  appropriate  in  this  Court; 
(d)  the nature of the proceeding and the name of the court 
from which the action is brought (e. g., “On Petition for Writ 
of  Certiorari  to  the  United  States  Court  of  Appeals  for 
the  Fifth  Circuit”;  or,  for  a  merits  brief,  “On  Writ  of  Cer­
tiorari  to  the  United  States  Court  of  Appeals  for  the  Fifth 
Circuit”); 

(e)  the  title  of  the  document  (e. g.,  “Petition  for  Writ  of 

Certiorari,” “Brief for Respondent,” “Joint Appendix”);