Rule 8.1125. Requesting depublication of published opinions
Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.1125
Current text effective January 1, 2007.
#(a) Request
#(1) Any person may request the Supreme Court to order that an opinion certified for publication not be published.
#(2) The request must not be made as part of a petition for review, but by a separate letter to the Supreme Court not exceeding 10 pages.
#(3) The request must concisely state the person's interest and the reason why the opinion should not be published.
#(4) The request must be delivered to the Supreme Court within 30 days after the decision is final in the Court of Appeal.
#(5) The request must be served on the rendering court and all parties.
#(b) Response
#(1) Within 10 days after the Supreme Court receives a request under (a), the rendering court or any person may submit a response supporting or opposing the request. A response submitted by anyone other than the rendering court must state the person's interest.
#(2) A response must not exceed 10 pages and must be served on the rendering court, all parties, and any person who requested depublication.
#(c) Action by Supreme Court
#(1) The Supreme Court may order the opinion depublished or deny the request. It must send notice of its action to the rendering court, all parties, and any person who requested depublication.
#(2) The Supreme Court may order an opinion depublished on its own motion, notifying the rendering court of its action.
#(d) Effect of Supreme Court order to depublish
A Supreme Court order to depublish is not an expression of the court's opinion of the correctness of the result of the decision or of any law stated in the opinion.
#History
Rule 8.1125 renumbered effective January 1, 2007; repealed and adopted as rule 979 effective January 1, 2005.
What this rule requires
Page & Word Limits
(2) The request must not be made as part of a petition for review, but by a separate letter to the Supreme Court not exceeding 10 pages.
(2) A response must not exceed 10 pages and must be served on the rendering court, all parties, and any person who requested depublication.
Filing Timing and Cure Windows
(4) The request must be delivered to the Supreme Court within 30 days after the decision is final in the Court of Appeal.
The rendering court or any person may submit a response supporting or opposing a request under (a) within 10 days after the Supreme Court receives it.
The rule's wording
(1) Within 10 days after the Supreme Court receives a request under (a), the rendering court or any person may submit a response supporting or opposing the request. A response submitted by anyone other than the rendering court must state the person's interest.
Service and Proof of Service Rules
(5) The request must be served on the rendering court and all parties.
(2) A response must not exceed 10 pages and must be served on the rendering court, all parties, and any person who requested depublication.
Document Format Requirements
(2) The request must not be made as part of a petition for review, but by a separate letter to the Supreme Court not exceeding 10 pages.
Chambers Communication Rules
(1) The Supreme Court may order the opinion depublished or deny the request. It must send notice of its action to the rendering court, all parties, and any person who requested depublication.
(2) The Supreme Court may order an opinion depublished on its own motion, notifying the rendering court of its action.
Document Filing Requirements
(3) The request must concisely state the person's interest and the reason why the opinion should not be published.
A response to a request under (a) submitted by anyone other than the rendering court must state that person’s interest.
The rule's wording
(1) Within 10 days after the Supreme Court receives a request under (a), the rendering court or any person may submit a response supporting or opposing the request. A response submitted by anyone other than the rendering court must state the person's interest.
Official text: courts.ca.gov , checked October 19, 2026.
#Advisory Committee Comment
Subdivision (a). This subdivision previously required depublication requests to be made "by letter to the Supreme Court," but in practice many were incorporated in petitions for review. To clarify and emphasize the requirement, the subdivision was revised specifically to state that the request "must not be made as part of a petition for review, but by a separate letter to the Supreme Court not exceeding 10 pages." The change is not substantive.