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When can a federal civil party file a summary judgment motion?
30 calendar days
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When is a federal appellate petition for rehearing due?
14 or 45 calendar days
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When must a defendant answer a federal civil complaint?
21 days after service, or 60/90 days after a qualifying waiver request
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When must a defendant remove a case, or a party seek procedural remand?
30 calendar days for the selected supported branch
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When must a federal civil plaintiff serve the summons and complaint?
90 calendar days
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When must a party demand a jury trial under Rule 38?
Ordinarily fourteen days after the established last-issue-pleading service, with applicable service additions and directions
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When must a party object or respond under Rule 72?
Ordinarily fourteen days after the correct incoming document is served, with applicable service and direction checks
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When must a party respond to federal discovery requests?
Ordinarily thirty calendar days, subject to the actual branch, service addition, stipulation or order
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When must I file a federal post-judgment motion?
28 calendar days
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When must I file a notice of appeal in a federal civil case?
30 or 60 calendar days
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When must I seek federal attorney’s fees or review the clerk’s taxed costs?
14 days to file the ordinary fee motion; 7 days to serve a costs-review motion
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When must parties make initial disclosures in federal civil litigation?
14 days after the conference, or 30 days for a later party
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When must the appellant and appellee serve and file ordinary appellate briefs?
Distinct forty-day filing-based and thirty-day service-based defaults, subject to actual directions
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Which deadline applies to an amendment or a response to an amended pleading?
Twenty-one days for the selected amendment-as-of-course branch; a later-of comparison for the required response branch