2.15.160 Convening the Court of Appeals.
(a) The Court of Appeals in a criminal matter shall convene within ninety (90) regular working days after filing of an appeal.
(b) The Court of Appeals, in civil matters, shall convene within one year of the filing of the earliest filed and still unresolved appeal on the Court of Appeals docket, or as soon thereafter as is feasible. The Court shall consider all civil matters for which all briefs have been filed and served at least one month prior to convening and more recent cases in the Appellate Court’s discretion, except that no case in which briefs may still be filed shall be considered.
(c) The location and manner for convening shall be determined by the Court of Appeals and may include, but is not limited to:
(1) Convening by telephonic conference between Judges and parties.
(2) Allowing or not allowing the presence of parties during the deliberations of the Court of Appeals.
(3) Convening outside the boundaries of the Aleut Community of St. Paul Island.
(4) Directing written questions to absent parties by mail, in order to clarify any party’s argument or statement of the facts.
(d) The conduct of the Court of Appeals shall be such that the presence or absence of a party from the site of the deliberations by the Court of Appeals shall have no bearing upon the outcome of the appeal. [2008 Code § 2.4.16; Res. 1999-17]