WPC)  "'7⟕^Y9F)cQN[)xy/uctX\ [dc$"Small Circle"0 !  _XLXXX  INSTRUCTIONSFORFILINGAPETITIONFORREVIEW  ЀINTHECALIFORNIASUPREMECOURT J    IfyouwishtorequesttheCaliforniaSupremeCourttoconsideryourcase,youmustfileapetitionforreviewintheSupremeCourt31to40daysafterthedecisionoftheCourtofAppeal.BesuretoprovideenoughtimeforthepetitiontobereceivedbytheSupremeCourtthroughthemail.IfyoufilethepetitionOvernightMailorcertifiedmail,thepetitionisconsideredtobe filedthedayitispostmarked.  TherearethreegroundsonwhichtheSupremeCourtwillgrantreview.Theyare:(1)whereitappearsnecessarytosecureuniformityofappellatedecisionsthroughoutthestate,ortosettleanimportantissueoflaw;(2)wheretheCourtofAppealwaswithoutjurisdictionoverthecase;or(3)wheretheCourtofAppealdecidedthecasewithoutamajorityofthepanelagreeingtotheoutcome.Mostlikely,theonlygroundthatmayapplytoyourcaseisthefirstone.  Thepetitionforreviewneednotbeelaborate.Youcanonlydiscusstheissuesthatwereraisedonappeal.#XLXXXL+#Itiswrittenonnormal8by11inchwhitepaper.Theleftandrightmarginsmust  be1incheswide,andthetopandbottommarginsmustbe1inchwide.Thepetitionshouldbedoublespacedoratleast1spaced.Ifyouuseacomputer,theprintmustbe12or13pointtype.XLXXXL  Thepetitionforreviewmustcontainthefollowing:bc  bc"0    First,atthebeginning,astatementofthe issuespresented inaconcise,_nonargumentative_ ` form.Thisisusuallyaonesentencestatementorquestion.bc݌ (#(# Ќ  bc  bc"0    Second,thepetitionmustalsocontainadiscussionof whythecourtshouldgrantreview.  0 Thisusuallyinvolvesdiscussingwhetheranimportantquestionoflawisinvolved.bc ݌ (#(# Ќ  bc  bcS "0    Third,the legalarguments follow.Yourargumentshouldrefertospecificlegalauthority P (portionsoftheConstitution,statutes,orcases)andtospecificfactscontainedintherecordonappeal.Donotforgettocitefederalcases,statutes,ortheConstitutionwhenevertheyapply.bcS n ݌ (#(# Ќ  bc  bc "0    Attheendofyourargument,youshouldhaveashort conclusion : Therefore,petitioner "  requeststhatthisCourtgrantreview.Youmustsignatthebottomofthispage.bc . ݌ (#(# Ќ  bc  bcb "0    The opinionoftheCourtofAppeal mustbeattachedtotheendofthepetitionandlabeled % # ExhibitA.bcb } ݌ (#(# Ќ  bc  bch "0    Attheend,youshouldalsoattacha proofofservice .Thisisasignedstatementunder P(#& penaltyofperjurythatonacertaindateyoumailedcopiesofthepetitionforreviewfromyouraddresstoeachpartylisted.AnexampleofaproofofserviceisattheendoftheopeningandreplybriefstotheCourtofAppeal.Youmustsendthepetitionforreviewtothesamepeoplewhoreceivedthebriefs,aswellastotheCourtofAppealatthefollowingaddress:CourtofAppeal,SixthAppellateDistrict,333WestSantaClaraStreet,SanJose,CA95113.bch ݌-@),(#(# Ќ  g#XLXXXLE#XLXXXLbc  bc"0    Youmusthavea certificateofwordcount intheendofthepetitionstatingunderpenalty  ofperjurythatthepetitionisnotanylongerthan8400words,includingfootnotes.Thisisthelongestthepetitioncanbe.Thelimitdoesnotincludethecover,thetableofcontents,thetableofauthorities,theCourtofAppealopinion,ortheproofofservice,andthecertificateofwordcount.#XLXXXLe#XLXXXLԀIfyouuseatypewriter,thepetitioncanbenolongerthan30 `  pages.bc݌ (#(# Ќ  #XLXXXL#ghgXXXX#XXXX}#ghgXLXXXLghhbc  bc"0    Awhitecovermustbeatthefrontofthepetitionwiththesameinformationonitasinthe 0  CourtofAppealdecision,exceptthepropercourtistheSupremeCourt,nottheCourtofAppeal.bc݌ (#(# Ќ  ccfddfd#XLXXXL#dfdXXXXbc  bc"0    Youmusthavea certificateofwordcount intheendofthepetitionstatingunderpenalty P  ofperjurythatthepetitionisnotanylongerthan8400words,includingfootnotes.Thisisthelongestthepetitioncanbe.Thelimitdoesnotincludethecover,thetableofcontents,thetableofauthorities,theCourtofAppealopinion,ortheproofofservice,andthecertificateofwordcount.#XXXX#XXXXԀIfyouuseatypewriter,thepetitioncanbenolongerthan30 `  pages.bc݌ (#(# Ќ  #XXXX #dfdXLXXXLdeebc  bc"0    Youmusthavea tableofcontents anda tableofauthorities inthefrontofthepetition, @  similartothetablesinthebriefsintheCourtofAppeal.bc݌ (#(# Ќ  #XLXXXL#XLXXXL  Youneedtomailtheoriginalpetitionand13copiestotheSupremeCourtat350McAllister  Streetroom1295,SanFrancisco,CA94102IfyousendtotheSupremeCourtanextracopywithastamped,selfaddressedmanilaenvelope,thecourtwillreturntheextrabrieftoyouwitha filedstamponit,soyouwillbesurethecourtreceivedit.#XLXXXLa#XLXXXLYouneedtomailcopiestoeveryoneonthe  proofofservice.#XLXXXL(#jiijlkSanFranciscokl