Rule 2-5 Docketing of Cases

Here's a plain English summary of this rule:

When a case arrives at the appeals court, the clerk gives it a spot on the court's docket (the official list of cases waiting to be handled). The rule says cases are normally docketed in the order they show up, first come, first served.

This means your case doesn't get special treatment or moved ahead of others just because of who's involved or what the case is about. It also means if your case was one of the first to arrive, it should generally be one of the first ones logged in and set up for the court's process.

For people waiting on their appeal, this rule mostly matters behind the scenes. It affects the administrative order of things, not necessarily how fast your case moves through the entire appeals process from start to finish.