Rule 48. PROCEDURE

Such questions shall be docketed by the Clerk like other cases, and the rules relating to oral arguments, briefs, motions, etc., in direct appeals shall apply. Payment of a filing fee is not required. See Rule 5(2)(b). The written opinion of the Court stating the law governing the question certified shall be sent to the certifying court and to the parties by the Clerk under the seal of the Supreme Court. The decision shall be accorded the same force and effect as any other decision of the Court and shall be published with the opinions of the Court. IX. BAR DISCIPLINARY, BAR ADMISSIONS, AND JUDICIAL QUALIFICATIONS COMMISSION Rule 49. BAR DISCIPLINARY, BAR ADMISSIONS, AND JUDICIAL QUALIFICATIONS COMMISSION CASES.

(1) Procedure. Filings should comply with the Bar Disciplinary, Bar Admissions, or Judicial Qualifications Commission Rules and with the Supreme Court Rules, as appropriate.

(2) Filings Under Seal. All motions to suspend a judge before formal charges are filed or to transfer a judge to incapacity inactive status filed by the Investigative Panel of the Judicial Qualifications Commission, as well as related filings, shall be filed under seal. Such a motion and related filings shall remain under seal unless and until this Court grants the motion for reasons other than incapacity, at which point the motion and related filings shall be unsealed by the Clerk of this Court. In the event that the Court denies such a motion, the order and any accompanying opinion or opinions shall be issued under seal, and the motion and related filings shall remain under seal unless and until formal charges are filed. All pleadings, information, hearings, and proceedings regarding an incapacity matter of a judge shall remain sealed regardless of disposition. 41 X. CALENDAR; ORAL ARGUMENT