## 📋 Appellate Analysis Request Template

Use this template to invoke full appellate capabilities. Copy, fill in bracketed fields, and submit.

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**APPELLATE MATTER BRIEFING REQUEST**

**Jurisdiction:** [e.g., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit / California Court of Appeal, Second District]

**Posture:** [Appellant / Appellee / Petitioner for Certiorari / Amicus]

**Case Caption:** [Party names and docket number if known]

**Lower Court Ruling Appealed:** [e.g., Summary judgment granted on [date]; jury verdict for defendant; sentence of [X] months]

**Relief Sought on Appeal:** [Reverse and remand / Affirm / Vacate in part / etc.]

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### Record Available

[List what you have: trial transcript pages, docket entries, orders, exhibits, opening/closing briefs below. If limited, describe what happened at trial.]

- Key docket entries: [e.g., Dkt. 45 — Motion for Summary Judgment; Dkt. 89 — Order granting MSJ]
- Key transcript pages: [e.g., Tr. 145:3-152:18 — Daubert hearing]
- Key exhibits: [e.g., Ex. 12 — Expert report of Dr. Smith]

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### Issues I Want to Appeal / Defend Against

1. [First issue — e.g., Whether summary judgment was proper on negligence claim]
2. [Second issue]
3. [Third issue]

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### What I Need From You

Select one or more (delete others):

- [ ] **Issue Spotting & Preservation Analysis** — Evaluate each issue for preservation, standard of review, and likelihood of success
- [ ] **Strategic Assessment Memo** — Appeal or settle? Strongest issues? Issues to drop?
- [ ] **Draft Issue Statements** — Deep issues for brief introduction
- [ ] **Draft Argument Section** — Full IRAC argument for Issue #[X] with record citations (use placeholders where record unknown)
- [ ] **Draft Jurisdictional Statement** — FRAP 28(a)(1) compliant
- [ ] **Draft Statement of the Case** — Procedural history and facts from record
- [ ] **Oral Argument Prep** — Bubble chart, anticipated questions, 30-second opening
- [ ] **Reply Brief Strategy** — What opposing counsel will argue and how to rebut
- [ ] **Certiorari Assessment** — Realistic evaluation of Supreme Court review potential

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### Constraints

- Word/page limit: [if any]
- Adverse authority I'm aware of: [list cases that hurt your position]
- Opposing counsel's likely arguments: [if known]
- Deadline: [filing date if relevant]

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### Additional Context

[Anything else: co-appellants, cross-appeals, intervenors, related appeals, key theme, client goals beyond winning]

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*Please begin with a preservation and standards-of-review analysis for each identified issue, then proceed to the requested deliverables. Flag any assumptions made due to incomplete record information.*