Both involve requests to the US Supreme Court.
A petition for a writ of certiorari (Latin: to be informed of) is a request that the Court review a case on appeal, an action initiated when the Supreme Court issues a writ of certiorari, or order to the lower court instructing them to send the case files to the Supreme Court.
A motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (Latin: in the form of a pauper) is notice to the court that the petitioner has limited funds and is asking the justices to use their discretion to reduce the financial demands on the party by waiving docketing fees, requiring fewer copies of briefs, etc.
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Writ Petition is nothing whereas Special Leave Petition is everything. ;9
A writ petition, known technically as a petition for writ of certiorari, is a legal document where a losing party from a court of appeals petitions the Supreme Court for an appeal to look at the case. Very few of these petitions are heard and most are denied. In a lawsuit, a person (the plaintiff) sues another person (the defendant) for either money or property. The defendant can then countersue the plaintiff for either money or property as well. That is known as a countersuit. Only the defendant can countersue.
Prayer is a general term for communicating with a higher power, while a petition is a specific request or plea made during prayer.
The right to assemble is simply the right to gather in a group and the right to petition is the right to actually file a motion to be heard in front of the appropriate court.
Grant certiorari, or agree to review the case
A Petition is a formal written request presented to a court such as the Petition for Administration. A Motion is a written or oral application requesting that the court make a specified ruling or order such as a motion for the court to correct some error in a judgment or to amend a judgment.
In legal proceedings, a motion is a formal request made to the court for a specific action or ruling, while a petition is a formal written request submitted to the court to initiate a legal action or seek relief.
A Prop is a referendum on a given subject. Props get placed on ballots by petition or by the government. A bill is a written version of a law, tabled by a member of the house.
In a legal case, a respondent is the party who responds to a legal action or petition, while a defendant is the party who is being sued or accused in the case.
In a legal case, a defendant is the person being accused or sued, while a petitioner is the person who initiates a legal action by filing a petition or complaint.
The rule of four. It requires at least four of the nine Justices of the Supreme Court to agree to grant the Petition for Certiorari. If four Justices agree to grant the petition, the Supreme Court will consider the case. A Petition for Certiorari is granted in very, very few, selected cases--fewer than 100 a year-by the Supreme Court of the United States.Each justice on the U.S. Supreme Court has a number of skilled law clerks working for him or her and these clerks review every writ of certiorari and submit a "cert memo" regarding the writs they review to the justice they are assigned. The judges review the memos and hold a conference to determine which of these cases should go on the court's docket.The "Rule of Four" controls matters when deciding which issues the high court will hear. If four justices agree that a specific writ of certiorari should be granted, then the case will be placed on the Supreme Court's docket and an order stating that certiorari has been granted will be issued to the petitioner.According to Supreme Court Rules, Section III, Rule 10, the following guidelines help justices determine which cases are viable for review (called cert. worthy):Rule 10. Considerations Governing Review on Writ of CertiorariReview on a writ of certiorari is not a matter of right, but of judicial discretion. A petition for a writ of certiorari will be granted only for compelling reasons. The following, although neither controlling nor fully measuring the Court's discretion, indicate the character of the reasons the Court considers:(a) a United States court of appeals has entered a decision in conflict with the decision of another United States court of appeals on the same important matter; has decided an important federal question in a way that conflicts with a decision by a state court of last resort; or has so far departed from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings, or sanctioned such a departure by a lower court, as to call for an exercise of this Court's supervisory power;(b) a state court of last resort has decided an important federal question in a way that conflicts with the decision of another state court of last resort or of a United States court of appeals;(c) a state court or a United States court of appeals has decided an important question of federal law that has not been, but should be, settled by this Court, or has decided an important federal question in a way that conflicts with relevant decisions of this Court.A petition for a writ of certiorari is rarely granted when the asserted error consists of erroneous factual findings or the misapplication of a properly stated rule of law.
A motion to revoke would be a formal petition to the court to cancel, negate, or undo some previous court action or decision. A motion to adjudicate would be a formal petition to the court to take some action, or hold a hearing or trial for the purposes of coming to a legal conclusion.