Requesting a CHANGE OF VENUE.
it is called 'a change of venue"
The Judicial branch includes all the federal courts. The court's authority to hear a case is called jurisdiction; the authority to hear a case for the first time is called "original jurisdiction."
The authority of a court to hear a case is its jurisdiction.
If the US Supreme Court is the first to hear a case, the Court has original jurisdiction.
Contact the clerk of the court which will hear the case. Ask for another date.
The authority to hear a case is called jurisdiction. The court with authority to try the case, or hear it first, has original jurisdiction; the court(s) that review the case on appeal have appellate jurisdiction.If the case is remanded for a new trial (or reheard, I suppose), it returns to the court of original jurisdiction.
You would be asking for a change of venue.
A Writ of Certiorari
When all judges of a (typically appellate) court hear a case together, they are sitting en banc.
Trial Court
When the US Supreme Court agrees to hear a case, it issues a legal order called a "writ of certiorari" telling the lower court to send up the case files.
original jurisdiction
A court case can only be appealed if the Court of Appeals agrees to hear the case.