The petitioner must arrange for the lodging of the administrative record, and then, depending upon local rules, get the petition onto the court's motion calendar for a hearing and ruling on its merits by way of an ex parte application for an order to show cause or a motion for writ of administrative mandate.
The alternative writ must command the party to whom it is directed immediately after the receipt of the writ, or at some other specified time, to do the act required to be performed, or to show cause before the court at a time and place then or thereafter specified by court order why he has not done so.
Generally, writ relief can be sought as long as you do not unreasonably delay, which typically means you should file within 60 days. But when writ relief is specifically authorized by statute, the statute usually imposes a far shorter—often jurisdictional—deadline.
A Petition for Writ of Certiorari is an appellee's formal request to a state Supreme Court or to the Supreme Court of the United States to review a case for error or violation that occurred in a lower court.
A “writ” is an order issued by the reviewing court directing the lower court to do something or prohibiting it from doing something. Writs permit the appellate court to review nonappealable judgments and orders.
The summary judgment statute, Code of Civil Procedure section 437c, specifically states that, even though the grant or denial of summary judgment is appealable, a writ petition challenging an order short of summary judgment must be filed within 20 days after service of written notice of entry of the order.
Where a petition for writ of mandate is filed in the trial court pursuant to Section 1088.5, and where a record of the proceedings to be reviewed has been filed with the petition or where no record of a proceeding is required, the respondent shall answer or otherwise respond within 30 days after service of the petition ...
A mandate is an official order. In appellate cases, a mandate is the document by which the appellate court formally notifies the lower court of its decision and by which jurisdiction for any necessary additional proceedings is conferred upon the lower court.
California Judicial Council Forms are pre approved pleadings for filing with the Court.