General Orders of Division II

2003-5 Consideration of Personal Restraint Petitions, RAP 16.11

GENERAL ORDER 2003-05

CONSIDERATION OF PERSONAL RESTRAINT PETITIONS, RAP 16.11

       WHEREAS the Rule of Appellate Procedure 16.11 provides that the Chief Judge or Acting Chief Judge consider personal restraint petitions, and 

       WHEREAS the increasing caseload of personal restraint petitions filed in the Court of Appeals, Division II, requires the apportionment of court resources, and

       WHEREAS the prompt administration of justice and the efficient performance of the Court's functions require modification of the procedures for considering personal restraint petitions, and

       WHEREAS RAP 1.2(c) and RAP 18.8(a) provide that the Court may waive or alter the provisions of the Rules of Appellate Procedure in order to serve the ends of justice; now, therefore, it is hereby

       ORDERED: The Chief or Acting Chief Judge may designate any other judge to serve as Acting Chief Judge Pro Tempore to consider personal restraint petitions under RAP 16.11.