APPEAL NOTIFICATIONS ON E-SERVICES

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Notice Regarding Electronic Briefing in the Supreme and Appellate Courts  E-Services self-help page
Issue Date:	09/30/2021
Sent By:	Judicial Branch
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Notice Regarding Electronic Briefing in the Supreme and Appellate Courts   Please be advised that electronic briefing will be required of all filers without an e-filing exemption in any appeal filed on or after October 1, 2021. The new rules include many changes, such as word limits instead of page limits, new font and layout requirements, and a new page numbering scheme. Briefs may now include visual aids such as photographs and charts. Furthermore, it is now optional for the appellant to file an appendix with the brief. The requirements are set forth in greater specificity on the Supreme and Appellate Courts' E-Services self-help page here. Please note that filers in appeals filed before October 2021 may elect to brief electronically, but they are still required to file as many paper copies of their briefs and appendices as were required under the rules of paper briefing, and any appellant who elects to brief electronically must file an appendix part one as required by P.B. § 67-8.

 

Connecticut Practice Book, revised:  https://www.jud.ct.gov/pb.htm 

 

Notice Regarding the Reinstatement of the Preargument Settlement Conference Program

 

Per Chief Justice Robinson's directive on April 9, 2020, the preargument settlement conference program was suspended until May 1, 2020. The Chief Justice further directed that on May 1, 2020, any appeals that were eligible for a preargument conference, but were not scheduled for a conference, would not be so assigned. The May 1, 2020 directive also provided that, if all parties appearing and participating in the appeal agreed that a settlement conference conducted by teleconference would be reasonably likely to result in a settlement and withdrawal of the appeal, counsel of record could file a joint request for such a conference. On January 29, 2021, the Chief Justice expanded the scope of the joint preargument conference request option in the May 1, 2020 directive by providing that if the principal parties to an appeal agreed that a settlement conference could be useful in resolving or narrowing some or all of the issues on appeal, a joint request for a preargument conference could be filed.

Please be advised that the suspension of the preargument settlement conference program will end on Monday, July 19, 2021, and that the program will be reinstated to fully operational status on that date in accordance with past pre-suspension practice and Practice Book § 63-10. As of that date, all pending eligible civil appeals in which the appellant's brief and appendix have not yet been filed will participate in the program. All pending civil appeals in which an appellant's brief and appendix have been filed as of that date will remain exempt, subject to the filing of a joint request for a preargument conference pursuant to § 63-10 that will be reviewed and decided at the discretion of the chief justice or the chief judge or a designee.

 

Notice Regarding In Person Oral Arguments in the Supreme and Appellate Courts
Issue Date:	04/27/2021
Sent By:	Judicial Branch
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Notice Regarding In Person Oral Arguments in the Supreme and Appellate Courts   Please be advised that unless otherwise noted, arguments are conducted in person at the Supreme Court, 231 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT, and at the Appellate Court, 75 Elm Street, Hartford, CT. See the Docket/Calendar and Assignment tabs on the Supreme Court and Appellate Court pages of the Connecticut Judicial Branch website for the most up to date assignment information. Anyone entering either the Supreme Court building or the Appellate Court building will be required to wear a face covering or mask. Masks will be mandatory for all attendees at all times while in the courtrooms unless addressing the Court. Please note that gallery seating at the Supreme Court and Appellate Court will be limited.

 

 

Resumption of Supreme and Appellate Court Requirements related to Offers of Compromise (EO No. 9O)  Governors Executive Orders
Issue Date:	12/02/2020
Sent By:	Judicial Branch
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Executive Order No. 9O: Resumption of Supreme Court and Appellate Court Requirements or Deadlines related to Offers of Compromise   On Tuesday, December 1, 2020, Governor Ned Lamont issued Executive Order No. 9O, ordering and directing the resumption of Supreme Court and Appellate Court Requirements or Deadlines and Requirements and Deadlines related to Offers of Compromise. Executive Order No. 9O amends Executive Order No. 7G, Section 2, dated March 9, 2020, and extended by Executive Order No. 9L, Section 1, dated November 9, 2020, to provide that the suspension of the following requirements or deadlines shall expire upon a schedule to be determined by the Chief Court Administrator in consultation with the Chief Justice, but not later than December 15, 2020: 1) as to the Supreme or Appellate Court only, all statutory time requirements, statutes of limitations or deadlines, including those governing Superior Court filings that affect Supreme or Appellate Court matters, relating to service of process, court proceedings or court filings, 2) all statutory requirements or deadlines, including those governing Superior Court filings, related to the Supreme Court or the Appellate Court or their officials to issue notices, hold court, hear matters and/or render decisions, and 3) all time requirements related to offers of compromise as set forth in General Statutes Sections §§ 52-192a and 52-193 through 52-195. Executive Orders are available here https://portal.ct.gov/Office-of-the-Governor/Governors-Actions/Executive-Orders

 

 

NOTICE REGARDING VISUAL AIDS AMENDMENT TO OPTIONAL E-BRIEFING GUIDELINES

 

Effective immediately, the use of visual aids, as defined in the guidelines below may be included in a brief when it is filed under the optional e-briefing program. The full set of guidelines for optional e-briefing program can be found here.
https://jud.ct.gov/WebDocs/2020/WC000000014201.PDF

Guidelines for using visual aids in briefs.
Visual aids, defined as images, photographs, graphs, illustrations, diagrams, charts, or tables, may be included in a brief when it is filed under the optional e-briefing program.*   The use of visual aids should not be excessive. Visual aids may be used as a means to better present complex information and/or arguments in a brief. Visual aids included in an electronic brief must comply with the following requirements:

· Must be supported by appropriate citation, if applicable.

 

· Must be a reproduction of materials from the record or must be derived from data or information from the record.

     If the visual aid is a reproduction of an exhibit or other materials from the record, and the size of the reproduction is not exactly as appears in the record, a footnote must be included on the same page where the visual aid appears setting forth that there has been a reduction or enlargement along with the exact dimensions of the original document.

· Shall not include material that is confidential or otherwise sealed from disclosure, contains personal identifying information protected by law, depicts a minor, or is of an explicit sexual nature.

 

· Must be of high quality to ensure a legible and accurate representation of the exhibit, including color if color is relevant. The visual aid must not affect the integrity or reliability of the exhibit. A color photograph marked or admitted as an exhibit in the trial court must be reproduced in color.

 

· Any words contained in an embedded visual aid must be manually counted and added to the brief word count.

* Visual aids are not permitted in briefs filed under the current rules. VISUAL AIDS DO NOT INCLUDE VIDEOS OF ANY TYPE AT THIS TIME.

 

ATTENTION: Electronic Submission of Exhibits in Civil and Family Matters  Submit Exhibits Quick Card
Issue Date:	11/09/2020
Sent By:	Judicial Branch
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ATTENTION: Electronic Submission of Exhibits in Civil and Family Matters   Beginning Monday November 16, 2020, it will become mandatory for attorneys and law firms without an exemption from electronic services to submit electronically in PDF format all exhibit documents on paperless Civil and Family matters, for all hearings and trials scheduled after Monday November 16, 2020. Electronic submission of exhibits will be optional for self-represented parties. The submission of electronic exhibits will occur in the E-Services site, by looking-up a case on which the logged-in attorney or self-represented party is appearing and selecting “E-File an Exhibit” from the dropdown menu. This is similar to the process for e-filing electronic documents on a case. For all electronically submitted exhibits the electronic exhibit that resides in the court’s e-filing database will be the official exhibit and will be deemed to be the original. Exceptions to Electronic Submission of Exhibits The following types of exhibits cannot be submitted electronically and will continue to be submitted in physical format: 1. Any physical objects 2. Video or audio files 3. Any electronic files or physical documents that cannot be converted into PDF format 4. Any exhibits ordered to be submitted physically by the court 5. Any exhibit documents that must be submitted under seal 6. Exhibits in IV-D matters Exhibits in Small Claims and Housing matters may continue to be e-filed into the electronic file or may be submitted electronically. For additional information, consult Section IX of the E-Filing Procedures and Technical Standards located at https://jud.ct.gov/external/super/E-Services/e-standards.pdf or the quick card for Submission of Electronic Exhibits located at https://jud.ct.gov/external/super/E-Services/efile/electronic_exhibits_atty_srp_qc.pdf .

 

 

Notice Regarding In Person Oral Arguments in the Supreme and Appellate Courts

 

Please be advised that unless otherwise noted, arguments are conducted in person at the Supreme Court, 231 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT, and at the Appellate Court, 75 Elm Street, Hartford, CT. See the Docket/Calendar and Assignment tabs on the Supreme Court and Appellate Court pages of the Connecticut Judicial Branch website for the most up to date assignment information.

 

This may or may not be all in the notification.  My laptop is being prevented to go to the end of it

 

 

 

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Optional Electronic Brief Program for the Supreme and Appellate Courts.

 

The Appellate Division has approved an optional program, which begins on September 1, 2020, that allows for the filing of a more readable and functional electronic brief. This guide was created to assist filers who elect to participate in this program. For more information on this program, please see the Guidelines for the Optional Electronic Brief Program. For assistance in creating electronic briefs for the Supreme and Appellate Courts, please see the Connecticut Guide to Creating Electronic Briefs for the Supreme and Appellate Courts

-Guidelines for the Optional Electronic Brief Program:
https://jud.ct.gov/WebDocs/2020/WC000000014189.PDF
-Connecticut Guide to Creating Electronic Briefs for the Supreme and Appellate Courts:
https://jud.ct.gov/WebDocs/2020/WC000000014191.PDF
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Notice Regarding Supreme Court and Appellate Court Hearings

 

The Supreme Court and Appellate Court will hear cases in their respective courtrooms beginning the first term of court year 2020-2021. Below are the instructions and expectations for on-site hearings.

1. Anyone entering either the Supreme Court building or the Appellate Court building will be required to follow Judicial Branch protocol which requires a face covering or mask when entering the building.

2. Masks will be mandatory for all attendees at all times while in the courtrooms.

3. Supreme Court Justices and Appellate Court Judges, as well as court staff, will also be required to wear masks while in the courtroom.

4. The configuration of the Supreme Court will be altered for safety, in that three Justices will sit on the existing bench and four Justices will sit on an extended riser below and distanced from the existing Supreme Court bench. Counsel table will be distanced from the bench and two podiums will be distanced from counsel table and will be separated as well.

5. Arguing counsel of record at the Supreme Court will be allowed to sit at counsel table and will use the podium nearest their location. Additional counsel of record will be provided seating, physically distanced, in front of the gallery.

6. Arguing counsel of record at the Appellate Court will present their arguments from counsel tables using microphones set up for this purpose. Additional counsel of record will be provided seating, physically distanced, in front of the gallery.

7. Morning cases in the Appellate Court will be begin at 9:30 a.m. and will be scheduled at 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Cases in the Supreme Court will be begin at 9:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Please arrive 10 minutes prior to the start of your scheduled argument. Both courtrooms will be cleaned in between arguments.

8. If a determination is made that it is necessary for an assigned case to be heard remotely, the hearing will be either a Microsoft TEAMS platform or a Cisco Platform. There is also the possibility of audio argument only for parties who do not have computer access and have been granted relief from having to appear on site.

9. As there will be limited gallery seating at the Supreme Court, a streaming platform is being pursued to maximize public access. A streaming platform will not be available for oral arguments at the Appellate Court. Audio recordings of the oral arguments in both courts will continue to be available on the Judicial Branch website the day of argument or the next business day.

 

 

Remote Hearings on the Record in Civil Matters

 

**Important Notice Regarding Remote Civil Hearings on the Record**

Effective June 24, 2020, the court will begin to conduct remote, non-evidentiary hearings on the record in civil matters. Please check your E-Services inbox regularly for scheduling notices. DO NOT COME TO COURT ON THE DATE OF THE HEARING. The hearing will be conducted remotely by videoconference from a virtual courtroom using the Microsoft Teams platform. Please review the information on the Judicial Branch website at https://jud.ct.gov/remotejustice/ for important information on how to prepare for the hearing and instructions on how to download the Teams app to your device.
Beginning with the June 29, 2020 short calendar, all arguable motions on civil Indical calendars that are marked ready will be scheduled for a remote hearing on the record at a later date. DO NOT COME TO COURT ON THE DATE OF THE SHORT CALENDAR. You will receive a notice of the date and time that your matter is scheduled for hearing.
Note: In order to participate in these remote hearings, you must timely respond to the scheduling notice by providing your email address and phone number as directed in the notice. You then will be emailed instructions on how to access the hearing.

 

They require you to use Microsoft

 

https://jud.ct.gov/remotejustice/

 

 

Notice Regarding Amendment to Executive Order No. 7G

 

Notice Regarding Amendment to Executive Order No. 7G

On March 20, 2020, notice was issued that all Supreme and Appellate Court filings were suspended until further notice, consistent with Governor Lamont's Executive Order, No. 7G. By order of the Chief Justice, effective June 10, 2020, the suspension that applies to Appellate filings March 20, 2020 through June 10, 2020 in cases pending before the Supreme Court and Appellate Court is removed and counsel and self-represented parties are permitted as of right, to file by July 6, 2020, the documents that were due during the suspension. Additional time for filing, after July 6, 2020, must be requested pursuant to P.B. § 66-1(e), which rule requires that a motion for extension of time be filed at least 10 days before the expiration of the time limit. Additional information is as follows:

1. The request that no paper briefs be filed until further notice is revoked. Counsel of record and self-represented parties in cases in which paper briefs were due between March 20, 2020 and June 10, 2020 will be contacted by the Office of the Appellate Clerk for paper filing arrangements. All briefs filed on or after June 10, 2020 must be filed in full compliance with the rules of appellate practice.

2. The notice issued on April 30, 2020 regarding the Preargument Conference Program remains in effect until further notice. It is requested that the appellant's brief in these cases be electronically filed by June 15, 2020. However, note that the grace period that applies to appellate documents that were due during the suspension also applies to these filings. If additional time is needed beyond July 6, 2020, a motion for extension of time will need to be filed.

 

 

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Notice Regarding Appellate Preargument Conferences

 

Dear Counsel of Record:

Per Chief Justice Robinson's directive on April 9, 2020, the preargument settlement conference program was suspended until May 1, 2020.

Be advised that, effective May 1, 2020, any appeals that were eligible for a preargument conference, but were not scheduled for a conference, will not be so assigned. Although the time requirements for Supreme and Appellate Court filings remain suspended until further notice pursuant to the notice issued on March 20, 2020, it is requested that, to the extent possible, the appellant's brief in these cases be electronically filed by June 15, 2020.

Similarly, in any case assigned to a preargument conference judge where a conference was held, or where a conference was scheduled but did not occur due to the suspension, the case is removed from the settlement program. It is requested that, to the extent possible, the appellant's brief in these cases be electronically filed by June 15, 2020.

Additionally, appeals filed on or after May 1, 2020, are excluded from the preargument settlement conference program until further notice. Counsel of record are encouraged, to the extent possible, to electronically file their briefs consistent with the rules of appellate procedure.

Further, Chief Justice Robinson has indicated that, if all parties appearing and participating in the appeal agree that a settlement conference conducted by teleconference would be reasonably likely to result in a settlement and withdrawal of the appeal, counsel of record may file a joint request for such a conference pursuant to Practice Book § 63-10.

Please also note that, pursuant to the notice issued on March 20, 2020, the appellate clerk's office continues to request that paper briefs not be filed due to the Covid19 virus.

 

 

Hours of Operation for the Supreme and Appellate Courts

 

Effective Tuesday, March 31, 2020 and until further notice, the daily hours of operation for the Supreme and Appellate Courts will be 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

 

 

HEALTH NONSENSE;  DEATHS WERE LOWER THAN BIRTTHS ALL THAT TIME

 

Notice regarding Appellate Court 7th Term

 

Notice: In recognition of the public health emergency declaration issued by Governor Lamont, and due to the concern over the spread of the COVID19/Caronavirus, no oral arguments will be scheduled at the Appellate Court during the court's seventh term (April 6-April 24, 2020). With the agreement of all counsel of record, fully briefed and ready cases may be submitted for disposition based on the briefs, appendices and record, without oral argument. If possible, requests for disposition without oral argument should be filed with the Office of the Appellate Clerk by April 15, 2020. These requests must be filed as "Correspondence to Court Regarding Waiver of Oral Argument" which is listed under the "Preliminary Paper/Appeal Document" section I

 

 

 

Delivery of Memorandum of Decision, Arbitrator’s Decision or Finding of Facts in Civil Cases

 

Effective June 1, 2018, the Clerk will no longer mail a paper copy of a Memorandum of Decision, Arbitrator’s Decision or Fact Finder’s Finding of Facts in civil cases to attorneys and law firms without an exclusion from electronic services requirements. A judicial notice delivered to the E-Services Inbox will notify all counsel and appearing parties that such documents are available online.

The Clerk will continue to mail paper copies of these documents to attorneys with an exclusion from electronic services requirements and to self-represented parties. Any enrolled appearing attorney or any self-represented party with electronic access to his or her file will also receive the judicial notice in the E-Services Inbox and can view the documents online.

 

 

Notice for New Browser Requirements on 5/31/2018

 

Reminder: Effective May 31, 2018, the Judicial Branch is upgrading the browser requirements for its applications that accept payments by credit card in order to meet the PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) for safeguarding payment data (TLS 1.2). We have noticed a small percentage of our users are using old browsers that are not TLS 1.2 compliant so we are suggesting that users upgrade their browsers to the following versions:

• Internet Explorer 11 or higher
• Chrome 50.0 or higher
• Firefox 45.0 or higher

If your browser does not support TLS 1.2, you will be unable to make payments by credit card through Judicial Branch applications. For more information, please go to the guidance page.

 

 

 

Welcome to the E-Services Inbox  More Information
Issue Date:	02/28/2017
Sent By:	Judicial Branch
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E-Services Inbox Information and Guide   Welcome to the E-Services Inbox. Commencing February 28, 2017, the following types of notices that are currently mailed on paper by the court will be provided electronically here to attorneys and law firms without an exclusion from electronic services requirements: • Judicial notices (may be referred to as JDNOs), • Court order notices (may be referred to as SCRAM notices), • Docket number assignment notices, • Transfer notices, and • Docket number changes notices. Until May 1, 2017, notices will be provided both electronically in the E-Services Inbox and on paper via US Mail to allow attorneys and law firms to become familiar with the Inbox and incorporate electronic notices into their office processes. Notices sent on or after May 1, 2017 will be provided only electronically in the E-Services Inbox to attorneys and law firms without an exclusion. Paper notices will continue to be mailed to self-represented parties and to attorneys and law firms with an exclusion from electronic services. Self-represented parties with an appearance and electronic access to their case will have access to notices in the E-Services Inbox. For more information about the Inbox, including a slide presentation and a quick reference guide, Click Here.

 

 

How do I access the E-services Inbox to obtain notices electronically?

· Notice regarding E-Services Inbox

· E-Services Inbox Quick Reference Guide

· Online Slide Presentation on the E-Services Inbox

Note: Use the arrow keys on your computer keyboard to move through the slide presentation.

 

 

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