---
title: "Direct Review"
module_id: "MOD-STAGE-DIRECT-REVIEW-INDEX"
url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/50-direct-review/"
current_through: "2026-08-26"
legal_review: "2026-08-25"
license: "CC BY 4.0"
---

# Direct Review
Notice, appellate jurisdiction, record, briefing, standards of review, rehearing, mandate, certiorari, and finality.
This page is a verified navigation layer. The linked canonical modules, atomic claims, authority cards, and structured controls remain the legal source; this index does not create a rule from omission or shorthand.
## Canonical modules
| Module | Stage | Verification | Atomic claims |
|---|---|---|---:|
| [Criminal Appeal Notice, Jurisdiction, Waivers, and Record](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/50-direct-review/notice-jurisdiction-and-record.md) | `direct-review/notice-jurisdiction-and-record` | `verified_with_limitations` | 20 |
| [Review Standards, Briefing, Oral Argument, and Anders Procedure](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/50-direct-review/review-briefing-and-anders.md) | `direct-review/review-briefing-and-anders` | `verified_with_limitations` | 19 |
| [Rehearing, Mandate, Certiorari, and Direct-Review Finality](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/50-direct-review/rehearing-mandate-certiorari-and-finality.md) | `direct-review/rehearing-mandate-certiorari-and-finality` | `verified_with_limitations` | 16 |

## Stage use controls
- Start with the actual docket posture and controlling court, not the desired remedy.
- Calculate every deadline from its stated triggering event and current computation rule.
- Separate jurisdiction, venue, prerequisites, merits, burden, proof, remedy, review, and appealability.
- Use the circuit overlay for any circuit-sensitive proposition and stop at records marked `not_verified`.
- Preserve the operative filings, orders, transcripts, exhibits, agency record, and proof of filing or service.
## Handoff to adjacent stages
Use the [federal process decision trees](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/decision-trees.md) to identify prerequisites, alternative vehicles, appellate routes, and postjudgment interactions. Generated diagrams are navigation aids only; linked canonical modules control.