3. Contact of interested amici.

Amicus briefs may be filed if a request is filed within ten days after the respondent's brief is filed, i.e., within 80 days after the record is filed in the appellate court. Wis. Stat. § 809.19(7). The brief need not be filed with the request and may be filed thereafter within the time specified by the court if the request to file an amicus brief is granted.