Section 2 - Writ Applications; General Filing Requirements(a) An application for any writ, and all documents and exhibits in connection therewith, shall be filed in duplicate with the Clerk of this Court, and will not be considered by the court or by any member of the court unless it is so filed with and regularly allotted by the clerk.(b) To the extent practicable, the original and duplicate applications, either or all of which may be produced through a permanent duplicating process, shall be prepared on white, legal size paper and shall be double-spaced. With the exception of matters which are customarily indented, margins of at least 3/4 inch, but no more than 1 1/4 inches, shall be maintained on the left, right and bottom of all pages. Margins of no less than 1 1/2 inches, but no more than 2 inches, shall be maintained at the top of each page. Applications shall be bound in at least two places along the top margin (metal fasteners or staples are preferred). No part of the text of the application shall be obscured by the binding. No less than 11 point typeface, but no more than 12 point typeface, shall be used. The pages in the application shall be consecutively numbered, except that exhibits and attachments may be indexed and tabbed on the right side of the page.(c) A copy of the application shall be mailed or delivered to all counsel and unrepresented parties. In cases where a remedial writ is sought, a copy of the application shall also be mailed or delivered to the respondent judge. Where a court of appeal has taken any action in a case, either by judgment on appeal or by granting or denying writs, a copy of the application to this court shall be simultaneously filed with the clerk of that court of appeal, which copy need include only the memorandum directed to this court.(d) The application shall be signed by the applicant or applicant's attorney of record. The applicant or the applicant's attorney of record shall verify the allegations of the application and certify that a copy of the application has been mailed or delivered to the appropriate court of appeal (if required by Section 2(c) of this rule), to the respondent judge in the case of a remedial writ, and to all other counsel and unrepresented parties. The names, physical addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers of all counsel and unrepresented parties involved in the case, together with the name of the party or parties each counsel represents, shall be listed in the verification or an attachment thereto. All writ applications filed in this court shall include a completed writ application filing sheet. Satisfactory completion of the writ application filing sheet shall satisfy the verification requirements of this subsection. The completed writ application filing sheet should follow the cover sheet in writ applications. The writ application filing sheet is published in the Appendices to the Rules of the Supreme Court of Louisiana.
(e) said application must be served forthwith on all parties at interest or their counsel, by a means equal to the means used to effect filing in this Court. (That is, 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.) All priority writ applications 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. The applicant shall immediately notify the Court if the need for expedited consideration changes due to settlement, continuance or any other circumstance. Failure to notify the Court shall subject the applicant to punishment for contempt of the authority of the Court.
Amended effective 1/21/2011; amended July 29, 2022, effective 7/29/2022.