General Orders of Division I

General Order re RAP 5.5 Mandatory Settlement Conference

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON

DIVISION I

WHEREAS the increasing caseload of the Court of Appeals requires the apportionment of court resources, and

WHEREAS RAP 1.2(c) and RAP 18.8(a) provide 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 that mandatory settlement conferences as provided by RAP 5.5 are no longer required; and it is further

ORDERED that settlement conferences may be held when all parties to the appeal agree that such conference would be beneficial, and it is further

ORDERED that the provisions of RAP 5. 5 pertaining to civil appeal statements and answers to civil appeal statements are also no longer required unless a settlement conference is set.

DATED this 6^th day of January, 1992.