IN THE SUPREME COURT
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
| Joint Procedure Committee, Petitioner, | ) ) ) ) | PETITION FOR ADOPTION, AMENDMENT, OR REPEAL OF COURT RULES |
TO: The Supreme Court of the State of North Dakota:
The Joint Procedure Committee petitions the Supreme Court, under N.D.R.Proc.R. § 3, for an order adopting the following proposals:
North Dakota Rules of Civil Procedure
Rule 51 - Instructions to Jury
Rule 53 - Masters
North Dakota Rules of Criminal Procedure
Rule 46 - Release from Custody
North Dakota Rules of Evidence
Rule 608 - Evidence of Character and Conduct of Witness
North Dakota Rules of Court
Rule 3.1 - Pleadings
Rule 3.2 - Motions
Rule 6.5 - Masters
Rule 8.10 - Extraordinary Writs
North Dakota Supreme Court Administrative Rules
Rule 20 - Magistrates
Rule 41 - Access to Judicial Records
This petition is supported by the attached material containing the proposed rules, proposed explanatory notes, and synopsis of the proposals.
Dated July 9, 2004.
Members of the Joint Procedure Committee:
| Honorable Bruce E. Bohlman | Professor Linda Bata |
| Honorable Donovan Foughty | Mr. Michael R. Hoffman |
| Honorable M. Richard Geiger | Mr. John C. Kapsner |
| Honorable Gail Hagerty | Mr. Daniel S. Kuntz |
| Honorable Lawrence A. Leclerc | Mr. Galen J. Mack |
| Honorable David W. Nelson | Mr. Ronald H. McLean |
| Honorable Allan Schmalenberger | Ms. Sherry Mills Moore |
| Honorable Thomas J. Schneider | Mr. Stephen W. Plambeck |
| Honorable Mikal Simonson | Ms. Cathy Howe Schmitz |
| Mr. Michael G. Sturdevant |
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Justice Dale V. Sandstrom
Chair