Appellate Practice Reminders

• Jurisdiction: Kansas,United States
• Citation: Vol. 87 No. 2 Pg. 63
• Pages: 63
• Publication year: 2018

Appellate Practice Reminders No. 87 J. Kan. Bar Assn 2, 63 (2018) Kansas Bar Journal February, 2018

Appellate Practice Reminders From the Appellate Court Clerk's Office

Get a Cause

Douglas T. Shima

Every now and then, it is necessary to clear up any number of misconceptions in the APW (that's appellate practice world.) If one of the appellate courts sends out a show cause order, your briefing clock is still running. Nothing whatsoever about that show cause order stops the briefing schedule. Sometimes attorneys assume that everything under the heavens shuts down on briefing until the show cause is resolved. Not so (remember what your mother told you if you assume something....). You should continue listening to the ticking of your internal briefing clock because if the alarm is about to go off, and you're coming up on a deadline, you better make sure to file a motion for time if you need it...