Local Rule 9.3: Request for Three-Judge Court
M.D. Ala. — Civil rule
Local Rule 9.3 Request for Three-Judge Court.
(a) Notation on Pleading. In any action or proceeding which a party believes is required to be heard by a three-judge district Court, the words "Three-Judge District Court Requested" or the equivalent shall be included in the caption under the case number of the first pleading in which the cause of action requiring a three-judge Court is pleaded. Unless the basis for the request is apparent from the pleading, it shall be set forth in the pleading or in a brief statement attached thereto. The words "Three-Judge District Court Requested" or the equivalent on a pleading is a sufficient request under 28 U.S.C. § 2284.
(b) Failure to comply. Failure to comply with this rule is not a ground for failing to convene or for dissolving a three-judge Court.