Frequently asked questions

You can appeal. File a Notice of Appeal (Form 14) within 3 days of the decision; you can do it on this site even if you can’t get into the Discord. An Appellate Panel of three members, assigned by the Supreme Court, will hear it. If the ban stops you from taking part while you wait, apply for a stay (Form 15) at the same time.

Yes. A warning is a punishment decided by the Administrator, and every such decision can be appealed to an Appellate Panel within 3 days.

Yes. Appeal to an Appellate Panel is a right. Review by the Supreme Court is not: the Court chooses which petitions to hear, and its decision is final.

Confirm the decision, Change it (for example reduce or lift a punishment), or Send it back to be decided again.

Appellate rulings bind every case below them, and only the Supreme Court may depart from its own precedent, with stated reasons. If a Panel departs from binding precedent, petition the Supreme Court within 3 days of the Panel’s decision (Form 4) and tick “The Panel departed from binding precedent”.

Use the deadline calculator on the File and Must Read pages. It counts 3 calendar days after the day of the decision and treats the deadline as the end of that day, Court time (UTC). If the Rules say otherwise, the Rules win.

Apply for a stay (Form 15). The decision stays in force unless and until the Court grants the stay.

It depends on the case. The parties’ deadlines are short, usually 3 days, and the docket shows every step and the next deadline in each case as it happens.

Choose “Submit evidence or a response” on the File page. You can attach up to 3 files (PDF, PNG or JPG, 8 MB in total), and add a link for anything bigger.

Every sealed instrument carries a reference. Enter it on the Verify page: it shows whether the reference is on the docket and links to the official copy to compare.