Awrit of certiorari is a formal request by the district court for court records indicating it will hear an appeal formal request by the supreme court for court records indicating it will hear an appeal formal request by a judge for court records indicating he or she will send the case the supreme court formal request by a lawyer that the supreme court review the records of the case

A writ of certioari is B)formal request by the Supreme Court for court records indicating it will hear an appeal

Explanation:

Most of the cases the US Supreme Court hears come from writ of certioari requests. The usual process consists in a party requesting the US Supreme Court to write a writ of certiori to a lower court (usually an Appellate Court). This obliges the lower court to send all the facts, documents, and testimonies of the case to the SCOTUS, which in turn will review the case and give a final opinion on it.

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