When must the federal court of appeals issue its mandate?

Establish the applicable rehearing expiry independently, including any applicable federal-party period and court direction.

Identify timely panel or en banc petitions and mandate-stay motions, then entry of the relevant denial orders.

Read any shortening, extension or actual stay and inspect the docket for actual mandate issuance. A projected date does not establish effectiveness.

1. Independently establish rehearing expiry.
2. Identify every applicable qualifying denial-order entry.
3. Compare the seven-day branches and read actual directions and stays.
4. Verify actual issuance before describing the mandate as effective.

Compare the applicable Rule 41(b) seven-day periods after independently established events. Use Rule 26(a) for day counting and final-day treatment where applicable, then check the controlling court order and stay. The isolated preset does not establish rehearing expiry or compare multiple events.

FRAP 26(a)(1) excludes the triggering event, counts intermediate calendar days and carries a final Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday to the next qualifying day. Rule 26(a)(5) continues backward for a period measured before an event. Rule 26(a)(6) includes federal and President or Congress declared holidays. Its additional state-declared holidays apply only to forward periods, using the challenged district court’s state or the circuit clerk’s principal-office state. Check actual calendars, inaccessibility and orders.

A single entered date cannot establish all applicable later-of events, timeliness, actual court orders or issuance. No automated mandate date or paid deadline record is published.

Actual order

Rule 41(b) lets the court shorten or extend issuance by order. The national seven-day default does not override that order.

Stay pending certiorari

Rule 41(d) governs a separate served stay motion, substantial-question and good-cause showing, granted stay, duration, written continuation notice and possible security. Filing a certiorari petition alone does not prove an appellate stay.

Certiorari denial

Rule 41(d)(4) requires immediate issuance upon receiving a copy of the Supreme Court denial order unless extraordinary circumstances exist. The event is receipt of the copy, not merely petition filing or a predicted denial date.

• A single entered date cannot establish all applicable later-of events, timeliness, actual court orders or issuance. No automated mandate date or paid deadline record is published.
• The guide does not establish disputed service, read actual orders, grant relief or verify a court’s completed acts.

• Establish the actual rehearing expiry and each qualifying timely filing.
• Verify denial-order entry dates and all actual court directions.
• Read granted stays and required written continuation notices.
• Inspect the actual issuance event before claiming effectiveness.
• Rule 41(b) governs issuance by the court. Rule 41(c) makes the mandate effective when actually issued. Verify the actual docket and any order or stay. A computed planning date is not proof that the court issued its mandate. A party’s stay motion has separate filing and service requirements under Rule 41(d)(1).