When must fees be paid after a direct bankruptcy appeal is authorized?

Establish the court-of-appeals order authorizing this direct appeal and its entry date.

Distinguish the bankruptcy court’s certification and original notice from the later authorization order.

Read outstanding fee requirements and identify the bankruptcy clerk’s payment instructions.

Do not substitute clerk notification or later circuit docketing for authorization entry.

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 direct-appeal authorization order is validly entered 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.

Bankruptcy clerk receives payment

Rule 6(c)(2)(F)(ii) requires payment to the bankruptcy clerk, not payment to the circuit clerk.

Unpaid amounts and fee difference

Pay any unpaid required fee, including the district-court/BAP appeal fee and the difference required for the circuit appeal. This guide does not supply current dollar amounts.

Notification and docketing

Under Rule 6(c)(2)(F)(i) and (iii), the circuit clerk notifies the lower clerks of authorization. After all required fees are paid, the bankruptcy clerk notifies the circuit clerk, who then dockets the appeal.

No new circuit notice

Rule 6(c)(2)(E) requires no notice of appeal to the court of appeals. Authorization-order entry serves as the notice date for calculating time under these rules.

• 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.

• Verify actual circuit authorization-order entry.
• Read unpaid fee requirements and the required fee difference.
• Pay the bankruptcy clerk through an accepted channel.
• Preserve proof of accepted payment.
• Distinguish later bankruptcy-clerk notification and circuit docketing.
• Pay the bankruptcy clerk under FRAP 6(c)(2)(F)(ii). Confirm the court’s actual payment channels and instructions. FRAP 6(c)(1)(B) includes the bankruptcy court or clerk within applicable district-court references. Rule 26(a)(4)(A) uses the district court’s time zone for electronic filing. This date calculation does not establish that a payment was accepted or that an electronic payment channel remained available.