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Rule 3. PREFERENCE CASES

For civil appeals, in those instances where the law provides that the matter be considered by preference or within a specified time period in the court of appeal, the appellant shall include the relevant legal citation in his motion for appeal.  Unless a motion and order to set the case by preference is filed in the clerk's office by a party within fourteen (14) days after the filing of the record in the court, the right to set the case by preference shall be deemed to have been waived and the case shall be assigned to the regular docket of the court.

Adopted and effective Jan. 17, 2001. 

The Court of Appeal, First Circuit, by resolution adopted March 4, 1994, adopted new Local Rules 1 and 2.  The new rules replaced Local Rules 1 to 4 adopted in 1986.  A new Local Rule 3, relating to preference cases, was adopted in 2001.