X § 2 Writ Application Filing Requirements

A. All writ applications submitted in this Court shall include a completed writ application filing sheet. The completed writ application filing sheet should follow the cover sheet in the submission. The writ application filing sheets are published in the Appendices to the Rules of the Supreme Court of Louisiana.

B. Applicants requesting priority consideration or a stay order must certify that all counsel and unrepresented parties have been notified by telephone or other equally prompt means of communication that the writ application has been or is about to be filed in this Court. The application must be served on all parties by a means equal to the means used to effect filing in this Court. (If filing in this Court is by overnight mail, the same means shall be sufficient for service on all parties at interest. If filing is by hand to this Court, service must be made on all parties at interest by an equally prompt method.)

1. All writ applications seeking priority consideration or a stay order shall include, in addition to a completed writ application filing sheet, a completed civil or criminal priority filing sheet. The civil or criminal priority filing sheet shall precede the writ application filing sheet in the writ application. The civil and criminal priority filing sheets are published in the Appendices to the Rules of the Supreme Court of Louisiana.

2. A separate motion and proposed order must be filed when requesting priority consideration or a stay order. Such motions are subject to the filing fees prescribed in Rule II.

C. The applicant shall immediately notify the Court if the need for supervisory review changes due to any circumstance. For filings made simultaneously with the court of appeal, counsel shall immediately notify this Court of any action taken by the court of appeal. Failure to notify the Court under these circumstances shall subject the applicant to punishment for contempt of the authority of the Court.