Wyo. R. App. P. 8.01 (2026)

Rule 8.01. Settings and Appearance. (a) In the Supreme Court there will be two disposition dockets: (1) The brief only docket. — Cases assigned to this docket will be considered submitted upon entry of an order assigning case to the brief only docket, without oral argument; and (2) The oral argument docket. — Cases assigned to this docket will not be considered submitted until the oral argument has been held.

57 RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE Rule 8.02

(b) Any party may request submission of its case upon its brief without oral argument upon written notice to the clerk. (c) The clerk of the appellate court shall promptly notify all parties if a case is assigned to the brief only docket. Any party may move, with good cause shown, not later than 15 days after the entry of the order assigning a case to the brief only docket, to have the case reassigned to the argument docket. The case may be reassigned in the discretion of the appellate court. (d) The clerk shall notify parties of cases set for oral argument. A motion to vacate an oral argument may be considered by the court without hearing. If counsel has a conflict with other court proceedings, then the motion to vacate oral argument shall include the reasons why those proceedings should take priority over the case before the appellate court. In cases where two or more attorneys represent a party or parties and one or more of the attorneys is unavailable for oral argument, the court expects appearance of other counsel of record. (e) Argument by videoconference in Supreme Court. Under exceptional circumstances, the Court, in its discretion, may allow oral argument by videoconferencing. Motions requesting that oral argument be conducted by videoconference must be filed no later than 20 days before the scheduled argument date unless inclement weather or other unforeseen circumstances arise after that deadline. Stipulated requests are preferred, though not determinative. The Court may allow a party to appear by videoconference without regard to the form of appearance by any other party. In all instances, the circumstances must be exceptional and the granting of such a request may be conditioned on the availability of, and counsel’s ability to use, appropriate technology.