(a) Necessity. The filing of a motion for reconsideration in the Court of Appeals is not a prerequisite to the filing of a petition for review pursuant to Rule 23.
(b) Time for Filing; Response. Any party desiring reconsideration of a decision of an appellate court may file a motion for reconsideration in the appellate court within fifteen days after the filing of a decision by the appellate court. The motion shall not be amended except by leave of court.
No response to a motion for reconsideration will be filed unless requested by the Court, but a motion for reconsideration will not be granted in the absence of such a request.
(c) Form, Length and Contents. A motion for reconsideration shall be directed solely to discussion of those specific points or matters in which it is claimed the appellate court erred in determination of facts or law. It shall be bound or fastened and shall comply with Rule 6(c). Except by permission of the court (1) a motion for reconsideration or a response prepared in a proportionately spaced typeface may not exceed 3500 words and may not have an average of more than 280 words per page, including footnotes and quotations; (2) a motion for reconsideration or a response prepared in a monospaced typeface may not exceed 10 pages and may not have an average of more than 350 words per page including footnotes and quotations; and (3) a handwritten motion for reconsideration may not exceed 12 pages. The motion or response shall be accompanied by a certificate of compliance that states either (1) that the motion or response uses a proportionately spaced typeface of 14 points or more, is double spaced using a roman font and contains [blank] words, or (2) that the motion or response uses a monospaced typeface of no more than 10.5 characters per inch and does not exceed 10 pages, or (3) that the motion for reconsideration was handwritten and does not exceed 12 pages. A party preparing this certificate may rely on the word count of the processing system used to prepare the petition for review.
(d) Motions Not Permitted. Unless permitted by specific order of the appellate court, no party shall file a motion for reconsideration of (1) an order denying a motion for reconsideration; (2) an order denying a petition for review; or (3) an order declining to accept jurisdiction of a petition for special action.