Which timely postjudgment motions change civil appeal timing?

Rule 4(a)(4)(A) lists Rule 50(b) judgment, Rule 52(b) amended findings, specified Rule 54 attorney fees, Rule 59 new trial or alteration, and qualifying Rule 60 relief.

The Rule 54 fee motion changes appeal time only if the district court extends time under Rule 58. Rule 60 relief must be filed within the Rule 59 motion window for this effect.

Establish entry disposing of the last remaining qualifying timely motion, not the first motion or first disposition.

1. Identify the listed motion and prove its required timeliness.
2. Check the Rule 58 fee-motion order or Rule 60 timing condition where relevant.
3. Establish the last remaining qualifying disposition entry.
4. Classify the appeal period and review any existing or required amended notice.

Rule 4(a)(4) supplies a changed starting event, not one universal thirty-day period. Identify all qualifying motions, the last remaining disposition and the separately applicable thirty-day or sixty-day branch before counting.

FRAP 26(a) excludes the triggering day, counts intermediate calendar days and carries a final Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday forward. Rule 26(a)(6) includes federal holidays, President or Congress declared holidays and, for forward periods, state-declared holidays where the challenged district court or circuit clerk’s principal office is located. Check actual state holidays, inaccessibility and any different prescribed time.

The preset does not identify qualifying timely motions, the last remaining disposition or the applicable thirty-day or sixty-day branch. No automated date or paid result is published.

Existing notice

Rule 4(a)(4)(B)(i) makes a notice filed after announcement or entry but before disposition effective when the last remaining listed motion is disposed of.

Amended notice

A party intending to challenge the disposition or the altered or amended judgment must file a notice or amended notice under Rule 4(a)(4)(B)(ii). Rule 3(c) and the applicable time apply.

No added fee

Rule 4(a)(4)(B)(iii) requires no additional fee for an amended notice. It does not remove the notice requirement.

• This page does not grant relief, establish appellate entitlement or decide disputed case facts.
• The preset does not identify qualifying timely motions, the last remaining disposition or the applicable thirty-day or sixty-day branch. No automated date or paid result is published.

• Identify all listed motions and their timely filing evidence.
• Read any required Rule 58 fee-motion order.
• Find the last remaining qualifying disposition entry.
• Classify the applicable appeal period and prepare any required notice or amended notice.
• These motions and civil notices belong in the district court, not the circuit clerk’s office. FRAP 26(a)(4)(A) uses midnight in the district court’s time zone for electronic district filing unless another time is prescribed. FRAP 26(a)(4)(D) ends ordinary paper filing at the scheduled clerk closing. Subsection (C) separately addresses specified dispatch and mailing methods. FRCP 5(d) addresses motion delivery and electronic filing; check district local instructions and required service. For a notice, independently check FRAP 4(c)’s inmate conditions or Rule 4(d)’s mistaken circuit filing. Mailing alone does not establish ordinary district receipt.