Rule 5-3 - Procedures in Cases Designated for Expedited HandlingThe following procedures shall apply in cases designated for expedited treatment, unless a case is given special assignment by the court pursuant to Rule 2-11.2:
(1) Once a return date is set by the trial court, no extension shall be granted by the trial court or the Court of Appeal except upon a showing of extraordinary circumstances.(2) Appeals and writ applications in such cases shall be assigned by preference to the next docket or cycle following any required briefing schedule.(3)(a) In appeals taken in such cases, the appellant brief shall be filed not later than 15 calendar days after the lodging of the record, and the appellee brief shall be filed not later than 30 calendar days after the lodging of the record. The reply brief, if any, of the appellant shall be filed not later than 5 calendar days after the appellee brief is filed. (b) In such civil cases, if an appellant does not file a brief within the time prescribed by this Rule or any extension thereof granted by the court as provided by this Rule or Rule 2-12.8, a notice shall be transmitted by the clerk to counsel for the appellant, or to the appellant if not represented, that the appeal shall be subject to dismissal 10 days thereafter unless a brief is filed in the meantime. If an appellant does not file a brief within 10 days after such notice is transmitted, the appeal shall be subject to dismissal as abandoned. Provided, however, that irrespective of the time limit provided in this Rule for the appellee to file a brief, the appellee brief shall be filed within 15 days from the due date shown on the notice of abandonment.(4) When an application for writs is sought in such cases to review the actions of a trial court, the trial court shall fix a reasonable time within which the application shall be filed in the Court of Appeal, not to exceed 15 days from the date of the ruling at issue. Only upon a showing of extraordinary hardship shall the trial court or a Court of Appeal extend the time for filing the application; and such an extension, if any, shall be sought by the applicant, in writing, within the original or an extended return date period.(5) Appeals and writs in these cases shall be considered by priority and the court shall render such opinions expeditiously to allow release on or before the next regularly scheduled opinion release date following the cycle or docket in which the case was submitted.(6) Rehearing applications in compliance with Rule 2-18 shall be decided by preference by the court.La. Uni. R. Ct. Appeal., 5-3
Adopted April 13, 2000; amended Oct. 1, 2001; amended May 2, 2022, effective 1/1/2023; amended April 13, 2023, effective 7/1/2023.