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 5 - Service and Filing of Pleadings and Other Papers
Rule 6 - Time
Rule 11 - Signing of Pleadings, Motions and Other Papers; Representation to Court; SanctionsRule 40 - Assignment of Cases for Trial
Rule 45 - Subpoena
North Dakota Rules of Criminal Procedure
Rule 1 - Scope and Exceptions
Rule 32.2 - Pretrial Diversion
Form 9 - Appendix "A"
Form 9A - Appendix "A" (without sex offender conditions)
North Dakota Rules of Appellate Procedure
Rule 2.2 - Termination of Parental Rights Expedited Appeals
North Dakota Rules of Court
Rule 2.2 - Facsimile Transmission
Rule 3.1 - Pleadings
Rule 3.4 - Privacy Protection for Filings Made With the Court
Rule 11.2 - Withdrawal of Attorneys
North Dakota Supreme Court Administrative Rules and Orders
Rule 41 - Access to Court Records
Order 16 - Electronic Filing Pilot Project for the District Courts
This petition is supported by the attached material containing the proposed rules, proposed explanatory notes, and synopsis of the proposals.
Dated August 18, 2008.
Members of the Joint Procedure Committee:
| Honorable Georgia Dawson | Mr. Larry L. Boschee |
| Honorable M. Richard Geiger | Mr. Daniel J. Dunn |
| Honorable John E. Greenwood | Mr. Galen J. Mack |
| Honorable Debbie Gordon Kleven | Mr. Richard H. McGee |
| Honorable David W. Nelson | Asst. Dean Jeanne McLean |
| Honorable David E. Reich | Mr. Ronald H. McLean |
| Honorable Allan L. Schmalenberger | Ms. Joanne Hager Ottmar |
| Honorable Thomas J. Schneider | Mr. Stephen W. Plambeck |
| Honorable Michael G. Sturdevant | Mr. Bruce D. Quick |
| Ms. Cathy Howe Schmitz |
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Justice Mary Muehlen Maring
Chair