Rule 6.05 - REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT; SUBMISSION WITHOUT ARGUMENT(1) This rule applies to proceedings in the Court of Appeals.(2)(a) The Administrator will send the parties notice of the date that a case is scheduled to be submitted to the court ("the submission date"). The notice will include a form "Response to Notice of Submission" requesting the information described below. Within 14 days of receiving the notice, any party requesting oral argument must complete, file, and serve on every party to the appeal the form "Response to Notice of Submission." The information required by the form Response to Notice of Submission is the following: (i) that the party requests oral argument;(ii) the name of the attorney or self-represented party who will argue the case; (iii) whether the party requests in-person oral argument as described in ORAP 6.30(1)(a); (iv) whether the party has conferred with all other parties regarding in-person oral argument and, if so, whether any party objects.(b) Submission will occur as follows:(i) If no party files a timely request for oral argument, the case shall be submitted on the briefs on the submission date without oral argument, unless the court directs otherwise.(ii) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (iii), if a timely request for oral argument is made, then the case will be set for remote argument pursuant to ORAP 6.30 on the submission date and all parties who have filed a brief may argue.(iii) Unless the court determines that remote argument better meets the needs of the court, (a) if a party submits a timely request for in-person argument, and certifies that the party has conferred with all other parties and that no party objects to in-person argument, or (b) if all parties submit requests for in-person argument, then the case will be set for in-person argument pursuant to ORAP 6.30 on the submission date and all parties who have filed a brief may argue.(iv) Notwithstanding subparagraph (iii), a party may move the court for an order that an oral argument should proceed in person. The motion must be filed within seven days after the deadline for filing a Response to Notice of Submission and must explain the circumstances that support the request and demonstrate good cause for arguing in-person; good cause does not include a mere preference for in-person argument. Any party may file a response to the motion; the response must be filed within seven days after the filing of the motion.(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2) of this rule, in any case, the court may, on its own motion, determine that the needs of the court will be best served by either in-person argument or remote argument, and order that the parties appear for argument in the manner directed. If the court orders the parties to appear remotely after the case has previously been set for in-person argument under subparagraph (2)(b)(iii), any party may file a motion as described in subparagraph (2)(b)(iv) within a reasonable time of the court's order.(4) Notwithstanding subsection (2) of this rule, when a respondent submits an answering brief confessing error as to all assignments of error and not objecting to the relief sought in the opening brief, the respondent shall so inform the court by letter when the brief is filed or at any time thereafter. On receipt of respondent's notice that a brief confesses error, the case will be submitted without oral argument. The appellant may by letter bring to the court's attention that a respondent's brief appears to confess error. If the court concurs, the case will be submitted without oral argument.Amended January 17, 2024, effective 1/17/2024.