The Administrative Office of the Courts has issued its 2018-19 Annual Report of the New Jersey Courts, which is available here. The following statistics for the Supreme Court and Appellate Division appear in this report. There were 1,116 petitions for certification filed with the Supreme Court. The Court granted certification, direct certification form trial level courts, or leave to appeal in 116 cases. There were 1,555 motions filed with the Court, and the Court decided 1,490 motions. The Court heard oral argument in 73 appeals and filed 71 opinions. There were 5,936 appeals filed with the...

Chief Justice Rabner has issued the General Assignment Order for 2020-21, which is available here. Judge Ostrer has replaced Judge Koblitz, who will be retiring, as Presiding Judge of Part C. The other Presiding Judges, who include Judges Sabatino, Fasciale, Alvarez, Messano, Fisher, Yannotti, and Fuentes, remain in place. Judge Messano continues as Presiding Judge for Administration, as does Judge Sabatino as Deputy Presiding Judge for Administration. The eight panels have been rejiggered, as is the case every year. Parts E and F list “TEMPORARY ASSIGNEE” as their fourth member....

As discussed here, the Supreme Court recently added due process protections to Governor Murphy’s Executive Order No. 124, which created a mechanism to identify persons held in state prisons or juvenile facilities who might obtain furloughs or parole due to COVID-19. The Appellate Division has announced procedures to expedite appeals from the denial of such relief. Those procedures are available here. In summary, such appeals are to be filed via eCourts Appellate and the appeals should be designated on the system as being sealed. Letter briefs, not to exceed eight pages, are to be filed...