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.
Court of the United States. 2. To be timely, a petition for writ of certiorari must be filed with the Clerk of the United. States Supreme Court within 90 days of entry of judgment. The time to file a petition for. writ of certiorari runs from the date of entry of the judgment sought to be reviewed, and. not from the date of issuance of the mandate.