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RECONSIDERATION
Rule 31. Petition for Reconsideration
(a) A petition for reconsideration may be filed no later than 10 days after the date of any order, decision, or opinion by the Court.
(b) An answer may be filed by opposing counsel no later than 5 days after the filing of the petition.
(c) A reply to an answer to a petition may be filed no later than 5 days after the filing of the answer.
(d) A petition for reconsideration shall be granted with the concurrence of a majority of the judges who participated in the original decision.
(e) Consecutive petitions for reconsideration, and any such petition that is out of time, will not be filed unless accompanied by a motion for leave to file the same, in accordance with Rule 30, and unless such motion is granted by the Court.
(As amended Nov. 1, 1995, eff. Nov. 15, 1995; Jan. 20, 1999, eff. Feb. 1, 1999.)
Rule 32. Form of Petition for Reconsideration
A petition for reconsideration will be filed in substantially the following form:
to the judges of the united states court of appeals for the armed forces:
The Court is requested to reconsider its (opinion) (order) (decision) in this case for the following reason(s):
[The petition shall state with particularity the points of law or fact which, in the opinion of the party seeking reconsideration, the Court has overlooked or misapprehended and shall contain such argument in support of the petition as the party desires to present. Petitions are not to contain merely a restatement of arguments already presented.]
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(Counsel's typed name and signature)
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(Counsel's address and telephone no.)
certificate of filing and service
I certify that a copy of the foregoing was [mailed] [delivered] to the Court and [mailed] [delivered] to the [appellant] [appellee] [petitioner] [respondent] on ____. (Date)
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(Typed name and signature)
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(Address and telephone no.)
(As amended Oct. 12, 1994; Feb. 27, 1996.)
