2025
- The Judicial Council's Spring meeting will be held April 23-26, 2025 in Washington, D.C. The council's decisions will be posted the following week.
- Deadlines for Submission of Briefs:
- February 17, 2025: Deadline for electronic filing of Briefs. Must be transmitted by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time USA [UTC: 18 February 2025 06:59].
- February 27, 2025: Deadline for electronic filing of Reply Briefs. Must be transmitted by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time USA [UTC: 28 February 2025, 06:59].
- Hardcopies must be received no later than March 1, 2025 for distribution to Judicial Council members.
2024
- The Judicial Council's Fall meeting will be held October 23–26, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. The council's decisions will be posted the following week.
- Deadlines for Submission of Briefs:
- August 23, 2024: Deadline for electronic filing of Briefs. Must be transmitted by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time USA [UTC: 24 August 2023, 06:59].
- August 28, 2024: Deadline for electronic filing of Reply Briefs. Must be transmitted by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time USA [UTC: 29 August 2023, 06:59].
- Hardcopies must be received no later than August 31, 2024 for distribution to Judicial Council members.
- Deadline for Submission of Briefs for Docket item 0524-004 (5/1/24):
- Thursday, May 2, 2024: Deadline for electronic filing of Briefs. Must be received by 8:00 a.m. EDT.
- Any party wishing to file a brief must answer all five questions and should not exceed five pages.
- There will be no Reply Briefs and hard copies are not required.
- Deadlines for Submission of Briefs for items 0524-001 and 0524-002 (April 19, 2024):
- Sunday, April 21, 2024: Deadline for electronic filing of Briefs. Must be transmitted by 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time USA [UTC: 04 April 2024, 08:00].
- There will be no Reply Briefs and hard copies are not required.
- Deadlines for Submission of Briefs:
- Wednesday, April 3, 2024: Deadline for electronic filing of Briefs. Must be transmitted by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time USA [UTC: 04 April 2024, 06:59].
- Sunday, April 7, 2024: Deadline for electronic filing of Reply Briefs. Must be transmitted by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time USA [UTC: 8 April 2024, 06:59].
- Hardcopies must be received no later than April 10 for distribution to Judicial Council members.
2023
- Fall 2023
- Deadlines for Submission of Briefs:
- Wednesday, August 30, 2023: Deadline for electronic filing of Briefs. Must be transmitted by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time USA [UTC: 31 August 2023, 06:59].
- Saturday, September 9, 2023: Deadline for electronic filing of Reply Briefs. Must be transmitted by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time USA [UTC: 10 Sept 2023, 06:59]. Hardcopies must be received no later than Tuesday, September 12, 2023 for distribution to Judicial Council members.
- Deadlines for Submission of Briefs:
- Spring 2023
- Deadlines for Submission of Briefs:
- Thursday, April 6, 2023: Deadline for electronic filing of Briefs. Must be transmitted by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time USA [UTC: 07 April 2023, 06:59].
- Monday, April 10, 2023: Deadline for electronic filing of Reply Briefs. Must be transmitted by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time USA [UTC: 11 April 2023, 06:59]. Hardcopies must be received no later than April 11 for distribution to Judicial Council members.
- Deadlines for Submission of Briefs:
2022
- Fall 2022 (Updated 1/3/2023)
- Deadlines for Submission of Briefs for item 1022-26, added on January 15, 2023:
- Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023: Deadline for electronic filing of Briefs. Must be transmitted by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time USA [UTC: 17 Feb. 2023, 06:59].
- Thursday, Feb. 26, 2023: Deadline for electronic filing of Reply Briefs. Must be transmitted by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time USA [UTC: 27 Feb. 2023, 06:59].
- Deadlines for Submission of Briefs for item 1022-25, added on January 3, 2023:
- Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2023: Deadline for electronic filing of Briefs. Must betransmitted by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time USA [UTC: 02 Feb. 2023, 06:59].
- Thursday, Feb. 11, 2023: Deadline for electronic filing of Reply Briefs. Must be transmitted by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time USA [UTC: 12 Feb. 2023, 06:59].
- Deadlines for Submission of Briefs for item 1022-26, added on January 15, 2023:
- Spring 2022
- Deadlines for item 0522-01: Submission of Briefs (June 13, 2022) and Reply Briefs (June 24, 2022).
- Deadlines for item 0522-02: Submission of Briefs (June 23, 2022) and Reply Briefs (June 30, 2022).
2021
- Fall 2021 (Updated 3/15/2022)
- Docket updated to include additional items.
- Deadlines for item 1021-23: Submission of Briefs (April 12, 2022) and Reply Briefs (April 22, 2022).
- Deadlines for item 1021-24: Submission of Briefs (April 19, 2022) and Reply Briefs (April 29, 2022).
2020
- April 2020 (Updated 12/1/2020)
- Docket updated to include four additional items.
- Deadline for submission of briefs for these added items is January 5, 2021.