When must I file a renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law?

Use this source guide to identify the prior Rule 50(a) motion, actual issues and Rule 50(b) starting event.

Establish the specified prior Rule 50(a) motion and legal questions. Determine whether the issue was decided by a verdict. Rule 50(b) permits an alternative or joint Rule 59 new-trial request, with its own applicable conditions.

Rule 50(b) ordinarily uses judgment entry. For a motion addressing a jury issue not decided by a verdict, it instead uses jury discharge. Preserve the actual prior motion, issues and discharge evidence. A later judgment does not replace that specified event.

1. Identify the prior Rule 50(a) motion and issues.
2. Determine whether the jury issue was decided by a verdict.
3. Establish the applicable judgment-entry or jury-discharge event.
4. Review timing and filing independently. This page publishes no date.

Identify the prior Rule 50(a) motion, issues and actual Rule 50(b) event before assessing the twenty-eight-day period. This guide does not select the event or calculate a date.

Rule 6(a)(1) carries a final Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday to the next qualifying day. Rule 6(a)(6) includes federal and President or Congress declared holidays. For this forward period, check additional holidays declared by the state where the district court is located. Qualifying clerk inaccessibility under Rule 6(a)(3) is a separate condition.

Rule 50(b) has alternative judgment-entry and jury-discharge events. This isolated preset remains flagged for verification. No computed date or paid record is published here. The separate reviewed post-judgment calculator explains its selectable motion and trigger conditions.

A renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law

Establish the specified prior Rule 50(a) motion and legal questions. Determine whether the issue was decided by a verdict. Rule 50(b) permits an alternative or joint Rule 59 new-trial request, with its own applicable conditions.

Established entry

Rule 58(c) uses civil-docket entry when no separate document is required. If one is required, establish docket entry and the earlier of the separate document or 150 days from docket entry. This page does not derive that date.

No routine enlargement

Rule 6(b)(2) prohibits enlarging time under FRCP 50(b). An agreement or requested extension does not establish timely filing.

Separate appeal consequences

FRAP 4(a)(4) addresses listed motions filed within their allowed time and the order disposing of the last remaining motion. This page does not determine whether a filing qualifies or calculate appeal expiry.

Separate service and local instructions

Read the district’s filing requirements and applicable service provisions. A notice, draft, service attempt or merits argument does not establish completed timely filing.

• This page does not determine the motion’s merits or establish proper motion classification.
• It does not establish completed filing, an automatic extension, a stay or a notice-of-appeal deadline.

• Identify the actual motion, rule, grounds and supporting record.
• Preserve judgment-entry evidence and any applicable jury-discharge evidence.
• Establish the specified prior Rule 50(a) motion and legal questions. Determine whether the issue was decided by a verdict. Rule 50(b) permits an alternative or joint Rule 59 new-trial request, with its own applicable conditions.
• Check qualifying final-day holidays, clerk accessibility, local filing instructions and separate service.
• Preserve filing evidence and review any separate appeal procedure.
• File the motion in the district court. Unless a statute, local rule or court order sets another time, Rule 6(a)(4)(A) ends electronic filing at midnight in the court’s time zone. Subsection (B) uses scheduled clerk closing for other means. Verify separate service, actual filing instructions and any qualifying clerk inaccessibility. Filing does not establish entitlement to relief.