Joseph Leslie McClory v. Scott Hobbs

A petition asks the Supreme Court to decide whether an appellant can lose important appeal rights after using a California court form that was officially approved to designate the record on appeal. The dispute comes from California's Second Appellate District and centers on Form APP-003 in an unlimited civil case.

No oral argument is scheduled yet. The petition asks whether an appellant should be penalized or lose important rights for using a Judicial Council of California-approved record-designation form that later proved deficient.

Appeals depend on the record sent to the reviewing court. If an official form leaves out something important, people who relied on that form could lose part of their appeal through no fault of their own.

It asks whether a person appealing a case can lose rights after using a court-approved California form that later proves incomplete.

People filing civil appeals in California could be affected because an official form problem might limit the record or weaken the appeal.

The justices must first decide whether to hear the case. No oral argument is scheduled yet, so watch for a scheduling order or other court action.