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9th Cir. R. 36-2
CRITERIA FOR PUBLICATION
A written, reasoned disposition shall be designated as an OPINION if it:
(a) Establishes, alters, modifies or clarifies a rule of federal law, or
(b) Calls attention to a rule of law that appears to have been generally overlooked, or
(c) Criticizes existing law, or
(d) Involves a legal or factual issue of unique interest or substantial public importance, or
FRAP 36
(e) Is a disposition of a case in which there is a published opinion by a lower court or
administrative agency, unless the panel determines that publication is unnecessary for
clarifying the panel’s disposition of the case, or
(f) Is accompanied by a separate concurring or dissenting expression, and the author of such
separate expression requests publication of the disposition of the Court and the separate
expression.
(Rev. 1/1/12; 12/1/25)
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