One Form of Action

Superior Court Rules of Civil Procedure

Rule: 2

Jurisdiction: DC

Bluebook Citation: D.C. Super. Ct. Civ. R. 2

There is one form of action—the civil action. COMMENT TO 2017 AMENDMENTS Stylistic changes were made to this rule to conform with the 2007 amendments to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 2. COMMENT Identical to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 2. For ease of identification, the Clerk of the Court will place before the case number of every case filed in the Civil Division appropriate prefixes as follows: "SC" for Small Claims and Conciliation Branch cases, "LT" for Landlord and Tenant Branch cases, "F" for Fiduciary cases, and "CA" for all other civil actions.

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