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Wash. R. App. P. Form 4
Statement of Grounds for Direct Review
(Rule 4.2(b))
No. (Supreme Court)
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
[Title of the trial court )
proceeding with )
parties designated )
as in rule 3.4] )
STATEMENT OF
GROUNDS FOR DIRECT
REVIEW BY THE
SUPREME COURT
(Name of party ) seeks direct review of the ( describe the
decision or part of the decision t hat the party wants reviewed)
entered by the ( name of court) on ( date of entry.) The issues
presented in the review are: [State issues presented for review.
See Part II of Form 6 for suggestions for framing issues
presented for review.]
The reasons for granting direct review are: (Briefly
indicate and argue grounds for direct review. See rule 4.2.)
[If the petition is prepared using word processing
software, include the following statement: This document
contains words, excluding the parts of the document
exempted from the word count by RAP 18.17.]
[Date]
Respectfully submitted,
_____________________________________
Signature
(Name, personal pronouns (optional), address, telephone
number, and Washington State Bar Association
membership number of attorney)
History
[Adopted effective July 1, 1976; Amended effective September 1, 1994; September 1, 2006; September 1, 2010; September 1, 2021; June 27, 2023.]
Provenance
- Source
- www.courts.wa.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-16
- Edition
- 2026-09-16
- Content hash
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