Benjamin Charles v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT Information Regarding Judgment and Post-Judgment Proceedings Judgment • This Court has filed and entered the attached judgment in your case. Fed. R. App. P. 36. Please note the filed date on the attached decision because all of the dates described below run from that date, not from the date you receive this notice. Mandate (Fed. R. App. P. 41; 9th Cir. R. 41-1 & -2) • The mandate will issue 7 days after the expiration of the time for filing a petition for rehearing or 7 days from the denial of a petition for rehearing, unless the Court directs otherwise. To file a motion to stay the mandate, file it electronically via the appellate electronic filing system or, if you are a pro se litigant or an attorney with an exemption from the electronic filing requirement, file one original motion on paper. Petition for Panel Rehearing (Fed. R. App. P. 40; 9th Cir. R. 40-1) Petition for Rehearing En Banc (Fed. R. App. P. 35; 9th Cir. R. 35-1 to -3) (1) Purpose A. Panel Rehearing: • A party should seek panel rehearing only if one or more of the following grounds exist:  A material point of fact or law was overlooked in the decision;  A change in the law occurred after the case was submitted which appears to have been overlooked by the panel; or  An apparent conflict with another decision of the Court was not addressed in the opinion. • Do not file a petition for panel rehearing merely to reargue the case. B. Rehearing En Banc • A party should seek en banc rehearing only if one or more of the following grounds exist:  Consideration by the full Court is necessary to secure or maintain uniformity of the Court’s decisions; or  The proceeding involves a question of exceptional importance; or 1 Post Judgment Form - Rev. 09/2022   The opinion directly conflicts with an existing opinion by another court of appeals or the Supreme Court and substantially affects a rule of national application in which there is an overriding need for national uniformity. (2) Deadlines for Filing: • A petition for rehearing must be filed within 14 days after entry of judgment. Fed. R. App. P. 40(a)(1). • If the United States or an agency or officer thereof is a party in a civil case, the time for filing a petition for rehearing is 45 days after entry of judgment. Fed. R. App. P. 40(a)(1). • If the mandate has issued, the petition for rehearing should be accompanied by a motion to recall the mandate. • See Advisory Note to 9th Cir. R. 40-1 (petitions must be received on the due date). • An order to publish a previously unpublished memorandum disposition extends the time to file a petition for rehearing to 14 days after the date of the order of publication or, in all civil cases in which the United States or an agency or officer thereof is a party, 45 days after the date of the order of publication. 9th Cir. R. 40-2. (3) Statement of Counsel • A petition should contain an introduction stating that, in counsel’s judgment, one or more of the situations described in the “purpose” section above exist. The points to be raised must be stated clearly. (4) Form & Number of Copies (9th Cir. R. 40-1; Fed. R. App. P. 32(c)(2)) • The petition shall not exceed 15 pages unless it complies with the alternative length limitations of 4,200 words or 390 lines of text. • The petition must be accompanied by a copy of the panel’s decision being challenged. • An answer, when ordered by the Court, shall comply with the same length limitations as the petition. • If a pro se litigant elects to file a form brief pursuant to Circuit Rule 28-1, a petition for panel rehearing or for rehearing en banc need not comply with Fed. R. App. P. 32. 2 Post Judgment Form - Rev. 09/2022  • The petition or answer must be accompanied by a Certificate of Compliance found at Form 11, available on our website at www.ca9.uscourts.gov under Forms. • Attorneys must file the petition electronically via the appellate electronic filing system. No paper copies are required unless the Court orders otherwise. If you are a pro se litigant or an attorney exempted from using the appellate ECF system, file one original petition on paper. No additional paper copies are required unless the Court orders otherwise. Bill of Costs (Fed. R. App. P. 39, 9th Cir. R. 39-1) • The Bill of Costs must be filed within 14 days after entry of judgment. • See Form 10 for additional information, available on our website at www.ca9.uscourts.gov under Forms. Attorneys Fees • Ninth Circuit Rule 39-1 describes the content and due dates for attorneys fees applications. • All relevant forms are available on our website at www.ca9.uscourts.gov under Forms or by telephoning (415) 355-8000. Petition for a Writ of Certiorari • The petition must be filed with the Supreme Court, not this Court. Please refer to the Rules of the United States Supreme Court at www.supremecourt.gov. Counsel Listing in Published Opinions • Please check counsel listing on the attached decision. • If there are any errors in a published opinion, please send a letter in writing within 10 days to:  Thomson Reuters; 610 Opperman Drive; PO Box 64526; Eagan, MN 55123 (Attn: Maria Evangelista, maria.b.evangelista@tr.com);  and electronically file a copy of the letter via the appellate electronic filing system by using the Correspondence filing category, or if you are an attorney exempted from electronic filing, mail the Court one copy of the letter. 3 Post Judgment Form - Rev. 09/2022  UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT Form 10. Bill of Costs Instructions for this form: http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/forms/form10instructions.pdf 9th Cir. Case Number(s) Case Name The Clerk is requested to award costs to (party name(s)): I swear under penalty of perjury that the copies for which costs are requested were actually and necessarily produced, and that the requested costs were actually expended. Signature Date (use “s/[typed name]” to sign electronically-filed documents) REQUESTED COST TAXABLE (each column must be completed) No. of Pages per Cost per TOTAL DOCUMENTS / FEE PAID Copies Copy Page COST Excerpts of Record* $ $ Principal Brief(s) (Opening Brief; Answering Brief; 1st, 2nd , and/or 3rd Brief $ $ on Cross-Appeal; Intervenor Brief) Reply Brief / Cross-Appeal Reply Brief $ $ Supplemental Brief(s) $ $ Petition for Review Docket Fee / Petition for Writ of Mandamus Docket Fee / $ Appeal from Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Docket Fee TOTAL: $ *Example: Calculate 4 copies of 3 volumes of excerpts of record that total 500 pages [Vol. 1 (10 pgs.) + Vol. 2 (250 pgs.) + Vol. 3 (240 pgs.)] as: No. of Copies: 4; Pages per Copy: 500; Cost per Page: $.10 (or actual cost IF less than $.10); TOTAL: 4 x 500 x $.10 = $200. Feedback or questions about this form? Email us at forms@ca9.uscourts.gov Form 10 Rev. 12/01/2021