Shiny Happy People. An elderly patient admitted into the E.R. for a heart condition sees a familiar face, a long lost love who happens to be in the E.R. as well for a fractured arm, and the staff find ...
A writ of certiorari is a petition for appeal to a higher court as of discretion to be granted by the higher court and not an appeal by right. Writs are generally filed as extraordinary relief requesting court intervention at the higher level to settle an issue at the lower court.
A litigant who loses in a federal court of appeals, or in the highest court of a state, may file a petition for a writ of certiorari, which is a document asking the Supreme Court to review the case. The Supreme Court, however, does not have to grant review.