infliction of emotional distress. Harris alleged Bray revealed information protected by the attorney-client privilege to her husband’s attorneys during and after Bray’s representation of her in a dissolution of marriage proceeding. After Harris dismissed her petition without prejudice, Bray moved the court to impose sanctions under Iowa Rule of Civil Procedure 80(a). The court sustained the motion' and entered judgment against Harris for $1000 which represented the deductible Bray was obligated to pay under the terms of his malpractice insurance policy when the insurer undertook its duty to defend Bray in the action. Harris appeals. We treat the notice of appeal as an application for issuance of a writ of certiora-ri. See Hearity v. Iowa Dist. Ct., 440 N.W.2d 860, 862-68 (Iowa 1989) (<HOLDING>). Wé grant the writ and review the assignments
holding it is settled that the supreme court may consider questions raised on the first appeal after which the court denied a petition for a writ of certiorari as well as those that were before the court of appeals upon the second appeal after which the court granted a petition for a writ of certiorari internal quotation marks omitted recognizing the right to petition for writ of certiorari as a form of appellate review recognizing that the issuance of a writ of mandamus is itself generally a matter of discretion holding review of district court order imposing sanctions is by application for issuance of a writ of certiorari holding that this court will consider a petition for a writ of certiorari only after the court of appeals has overruled the application for rehearing on the point challenged in the petition implying that the decision by the court of criminal appeals must be final before certiorari review would be available