RULE 16.5
                 PERSONAL RESTRAINT PETITION--WHERE
                           TO SEEK RELIEF


  (a) Court of Appeals. A personal restraint petition should be filed
  with the Court of Appeals.

  (b) Supreme Court. (1) If a personal restraint petition is filed in
  the Supreme Court, the Supreme Court will ordinarily transfer the
  petition to the Court of Appeals. (2) If a petition is not transferred
  to the Court of Appeals, or has been transferred from the Court of
  Appeals to the Supreme Court, the determinations ordinarily made by
  the "Chief Judge" under rules 16.11 and 16.13 may be made by a commissioner.


[Amended effective April 16, 2002.]

References RCW 7.36, Habeas Corpus.