Life at the Court
This office helps manage motions, fee petitions, and other procedural matters for the court.
What is the Appellate Commissioner's Office?
The Office of the Appellate Commissioner is staffed by these individuals.
Who is the Appellate Commissioner, a law clerk, a paralegal, and a law student extern for a term of about 8-12 weeks?
This type of memo evaluates whether a lawyer’s billing request is reasonable.
What is an Attorney Fee Petition Memo?
Though part of the Oregon Court of Appeals, the Appellate Commissioner’s Office is located in this building adjacent to the Records Section.
What is the Oregon Supreme Court Building?
These motions are usually unopposed and do not require legal analysis to rule on the motion; examples include: motion for extension of time to file a brief, motion to file an amended brief, and motion for substitution of counsel. On the other hand, these motions, are typically opposed and usually require legal analysis; examples include: motions to dismiss an appeal for lack of jurisdiction, to stay enforcement of the judgment or order being appealed, and to remand to take additional evidence in judicial review cases.
What are administrative motions vs. substantive motions?
This acronym stands for Motion on Summary Affirmance.
What is MOSA?
These are the kinds of documents ACO externs often review and draft.
What are memos, motions, draft orders, and (sometimes) opinions?
This statute authorizes the Chief Judge of the Oregon Court of Appeals to “rule on motions and issue orders in procedural matters.” It also authorizes the Chief Judge to delegate that authority to an appellate commissioner “as provided for in the court’s rules of appellate procedures.”
What is ORS 2.570(6)?
A respondent on appeal may move for this if a defendant in a criminal case, a petitioner in a post-conviction relief proceeding, a plaintiff in a habeas corpus proceeding, a petitioner in a parole review proceeding, or a petitioner in a prison disciplinary case, on appeal of an adverse decision, escapes or absconds from custody or supervision.
What is a Motion to Dismiss (MTD) Abscond?