Colo. R. App. P. 2
In the interest of expediting a decision, or for other good cause shown, the appellate court may, except as otherwise provided in C.A.R. 26(b), suspend the requirements or provisions of any of these rules in a particular case on application of a party or on its own motion and may order proceedings in accordance with its direction.
C.A.R. 2
Annotation The supreme court may retain and review an appeal of a declaratory order of the state personnel board that should have been filed with the court of appeals. The court's authority rests in its power under C.A.R. 50(b) to review cases pending in the court of appeals prior to judgment and under this rule to suspend the rules of appellate procedure. Colorado Ass'n of Pub. Emp. v. DOH, 809 P.2d 988 (Colo. 1991). This rule permits an appellate court to expedite decisions and order proceedings in accordance with its direction even though C.A.R. 3.4 does not extend to permanent custody orders entered in dependency or neglect proceedings. People ex rel. K.A., 155 P.3d 558 (Colo. App. 2006). Applied in Rivera v. Civil Serv. Comm'n, 34 Colo. App. 152, 529 P.2d 1347 (1974); Converse v. Zinke, 635 P.2d 1228 (Colo. App. 1979); People v. Williams, 736 P.2d 1229 (Colo. App. 1986).