Rule 12 - Accelerated Calendar Pursuant to App. R. 11.1, this Court adopts an accelerated calendar, which shall be administered in the following manner:
(1) The Court may assign an appeal to the accelerated or regular calendar at any stage of the proceeding.(2) All appeals shall proceed on the regular calendar under the rules of appellate procedure unless the Court, upon review of the docketing statement, issues a scheduling order accelerating the appeal, within ten (10) days of the notice of appeal. The scheduling order shall set forth the day for filing the record, briefs and requests for oral argument. An unexcused failure to meet the schedule as set forth in the order may result in sanctions pursuant to App.R. 18(C) and Loc.R. 15.(3) An appeal may be assigned to the accelerated calendar if any of the following apply: (a) No transcript is required (e.g. summary judgment or judgment on the pleadings); (b) The transcript consists of fifty (50) or fewer pages, or is of such length that its preparation time will not be a source of delay; (c) An agreed statement is submitted in lieu of the record pursuant to App.R. 9; (d) The record was made in an administrative hearing and was filed with the trial court; (e) All parties to the appeal agree to the accelerated calendar. (4) Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, an appeal shall not be assigned to the accelerated calendar if any of the following apply: (a) The brief will contain more than two assignments of error and more than fifteen (15) pages is necessary to set forth the facts and argue the issue in the case; (b) The appeal concerns a unique issue of law of substantial precedential value. (5) Pursuant to App.R. 11(E), the Court may state the reasons for its ruling on each assignment of error by a brief conclusion. The Court may render its decision by summary judgment entry in which event it will not be published in any form. In its discretion, the Court may render its decision in a full opinion subject to the provisions of Rule 2 of the Supreme Court Rules for the reporting of opinions. (6) No oral argument will be allowed except by written request received within the time set forth in the Scheduling Order. Amended effective 7/1/1984; 10/1/1991; 6/16/1994; 6/23/2003.