Rule 13 Docketing the Appeal and Filing the Record

(a) Docketing the Appeal. Upon receipt of the copy of the notice of appeal transmitted by the clerk of the trial court pursuant to Rule 3(d), the clerk of the Supreme Court shall enter the appeal upon the docket and assign it a docket number which includes the designation TS to serve as a tracking number. The docket number shall remain the same throughout the appellate process regardless of whether the case is assigned to the Court of Appeals or is retained by the Supreme Court. An appeal shall be docketed under the title " , Appellant(s) v. , Appellee(s)," identifying appellant(s) and appellee(s).

(b) Filing the Record, Partial Record, or Certificate. Upon receipt of the record transmitted pursuant to Rule 11(d), or the partial record transmitted pursuant to Rule 11(f), the clerk of the Supreme Court shall file it, replace the TS designation with a designation to indicate the kind of case it is (e.g., KA for criminal appeal, CA for civil appeal, etc.) and immediately give notice to all parties of the date on which it was filed.