Title: In Re:  Mississippi Rules of Appellate Procedure
Citation: 89-R-99027-SCT
Docket Number: N/A
State: Mississippi
Issuer: Mississippi Supreme Court
Date: June 21, 2012

Serial: 177193 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI No. 89-R-99027-SCT IN RE: MISSISSIPPI RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE ORDER This matter is before the Court sitting en banc on the Court’s own motion for amendment to Rule 17(f) of the Mississippi Rules of Appellate Procedure. After due consideration, the Court finds that the proposed amendment should be approved. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that, effective July 1, 2012, Rule 17(f) of the Mississippi Rules of Appellate Procedure is amended to read as follows: RULE 17. REVIEW IN THE SUPREME COURT FOLLOWING DECISION BY THE COURT OF APPEALS ... (f) Reconsideration Not Permitted. Neither an acceptance nor a rejection of a petition for certiorari shall be subject to further pleading by a party for rehearing or reconsideration. Prior to final disposition, the Supreme Court may, on its own motion, find that the petition for certiorari was improvidently granted there is no need for further review and may dismiss the certiorari proceeding. ... [Adopted to govern matters filed on or after January 1, 1995; amended February 10, 1995; amended effective September 28, 1995; amended June 21, 1996; amended October 15, 1998, effective from and after January 1, 1999; amended June 24, 1999; amended effective January 3, 2002; amended effective July 1, 2012 to revise subsection (f).]. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court shall spread this Order upon the minutes of the Court and shall forward a true certified copy hereof to West Publishing Company for publication in the next edition of the Mississippi Rules of Court and in the Southern Reporter, Third Series, (Mississippi Edition). SO ORDERED, this the 13 day of June, 2012. th /s/ Michael K. Randolph MICHAEL K. RANDOLPH, JUSTICE FOR THE COURT TO APPROVE: ALL JUSTICES.