When must a bankruptcy appellant file issues and designate the record?

Confirm that the district court or bankruptcy appellate panel exercised appellate jurisdiction. Rule 6(a) original jurisdiction and Rule 6(c) direct appeals use different procedures.

Establish actual notice-of-appeal filing. The Rule 6(b)(2)(B)(i) clock expressly runs after filing.

Identify the clerk holding the record assembled under Bankruptcy Rule 8009.

Read any rehearing disposition and its effect on the notice under Rule 6(b)(2)(A). This calculator does not determine notice effectiveness or infer a replacement designation trigger.

1. Verify the scoped appeal route and actual triggering event.
2. Exclude that triggering day.
3. Count fourteen calendar days.
4. Check final-day holidays, inaccessibility and actual directions.

Exclude the verified triggering day and count every calendar day under FRAP 26(a)(1). If the final day is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, continue to the next open day. Check actual inaccessibility and any applicable order.

FRAP 26(a)(6) includes the listed federal holidays and days declared holidays by the President or Congress. For a period after an event, it also includes holidays declared by the state where the challenged district court or the circuit clerk’s principal office is located. Read the Rule 6 court substitutions, actual court calendar and closure notices. The national calculator does not infer extra state holidays or inaccessibility.

Fictitious example

In a fictitious scoped proceeding, the notice of appeal is validly filed on July 6, 2026. Exclude July 6. Fourteen calendar days ends on Monday, July 20. Assume no additional state holiday, inaccessibility or different court direction.

Fictitious dates. Assume no extra holiday, inaccessibility or different court direction. Verify the actual required act and clerk.

Correct recipient and separate service

File the issues statement and designation with the clerk possessing the assembled record, and serve the appellee. Circuit-clerk record availability is a later step.

Route-specific record procedure

Rule 6(b)(1)(A) excludes FRAP 10, 11 and 12(c) from this appeal route. Rule 6(b)(2)(B)–(D) supplies designation, record availability and the circuit’s later record-filing entry.

Rehearing and notice

Rule 6(b)(2)(A) addresses a timely Bankruptcy Rule 8022 motion, notice effectiveness and a notice needed to challenge the disposition. Establish those facts separately.

Actual court directions

Check FRAP 26(b), local requirements and any granted extension. A requested extension does not establish a new filing date.

• This guide does not establish appellate jurisdiction, decide whether certification became effective, read case orders or supply a court-specific fee amount.
• Initial bankruptcy notice, underlying record assembly, stay requests and direct-appeal authorization require their own procedures.

• Confirm the district court/BAP appellate route and actual notice filing.
• Prepare both the issues statement and record designation.
• File with the clerk holding the Rule 8009 record and serve the appellee.
• Preserve the filing and service evidence.
• Distinguish later clerk record availability and circuit docketing.
• Complete filing with the clerk identified by Rule 6, rather than assuming circuit-clerk filing. FRAP 26(a)(4)(A) uses the district court’s time zone for electronic district-court filing. Rule 6(b)(1)(C) substitutes the bankruptcy appellate panel where applicable. Confirm the actual designated filing system, local directions and any inaccessibility. Ordinary paper filing requires clerk receipt and ends when the office is scheduled to close. Service remains a separate act.