Rule 8.1 - Uniform Appellate Case Numbering System(A) Application. The Clerk of the Supreme Court shall use the uniform case numbering system set forth below for cases filed in the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and Tax Court. (B) Numbering System. The uniform appellate case numbering system shall consist of three groups of characters arranged in a manner to identify the court, the year of filing, the case type and the filing sequence. The following is an example of the case number to be employed: 17S-SJ-00001 (1)Year of Filing and Court Identifier. In cases filed in the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and Tax Court, the first group of three characters shall constitute the year of the filing and the third character in the first group shall represent the court in which the proceeding is being filed employing the following codes: S Supreme Court
A Court of Appeals
T Tax Court
(2)Case Type. The second group of two characters shall designate the type of proceeding. i. The following codes shall be used for matters originating in the Supreme Court: BL Board of Law Examiners
CO Contempt Proceedings
CQ Certified Questions
DI Attorney Discipline
JD Judicial Discipline
MS Miscellaneous Matters
OR Original Actions
SJ Special Judges
ii. In appeals, the same case type code used in the lower court, as specified in Administrative Rule 8(B)(3), shall be used except as indicated below: EX Appeals in certain administrative proceedings
TA Tax Court cases and appeals therefrom
DP Direct capital appeals
PD Post-conviction capital appeals
LW Direct Life without Parole (LWOP) appeals
CR Direct appeals (non-capital, non-LWOP)
PC Post-conviction appeals (non-capital)
SD Requests to file successive capital post-conviction petitions
SP Requests to file successive post-conviction petitions (non-capital)
JV Juvenile delinquency appeals with a trial court designation of "JD".
(3)Filing Sequence. The third group may consist of any number of characters assigned sequentially to a case when it is filed. It shall begin with "1" at the beginning of each year for each case classification and continue sequentially until the end of the year. Adopted Sep. 15, 2009, effective 1/1/2010; amended Sept. 21, 2010, effective 1/1/2011; amended Sept. 8, 2014, effective 1/1/2015; amended Nov. 1, 2017, effective 1/1/2018.