United States · Federal civil appeal timing

What limits an actual civil appeal extension?

FRAP 4(a)(5)(C) limits an extension to the later of thirty days after the original appeal expiry or fourteen days after entry of the granting order. Read the actual grant, which may allow less. Hamer holds this court-made cap nonjurisdictional. It does not make missed statutory appeal limits optional.

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Period: Rule 4(a)(5)(C) cap at the later of thirty days after original expiry or fourteen days after granting-order entry
Trigger: Established original appeal expiry and actual entry of the extension-granting order
Rule: FRAP 4(a)(5)(C)

Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure

December 1, 2025 compilation

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Review the full procedure before selecting a date

The preset omits a required branch and the actual granted scope. No automated date or paid result is published.

FRAP 4(a)(5)(C)

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Which events control this procedure?

Establish the original appeal expiry and actual granting-order entry.

Read the granted deadline and scope. The rule cap does not promise the longest allowed extension.

Distinguish Hamer’s court-made cap from Section 2107’s statutory conditions and reopened notice period.

FRAP 4(a)(5)(C)

Which clocks must be distinguished?

Read the actual grant.
Establish original expiry plus thirty days.
Establish granting-order entry plus fourteen days.
Compare the rule cap with the actual granted deadline.

Two distinct events control the Rule 4(a)(5)(C) comparison. Establish and count each branch, then read the actual grant. An order-entry-only fourteen-day preset omits the thirty-day branch.

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.

FRAP 26(a)(4)–(6), (b) and (c)

Why is no computed date published?

The preset omits a required branch and the actual granted scope. No automated date or paid result is published.

Which conditions require separate review?

Shorter grant: The maximum does not require the court to grant that maximum. The actual granted date controls the granted relief.
Hamer classification: Hamer distinguishes this court-made cap from statutory limits. It treats the cap as mandatory claim processing subject to waiver or forfeiture, not an automatic excuse for delay.
Separate reopening: The Rule 4(a)(6) and Section 2107(c) reopened fourteen-day period is a separate procedure. Hamer discusses Bowles’s untimely notice despite an erroneous longer reopening order.

FRAP 4(a)(5)(C)

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The preset omits a required branch and the actual granted scope. No automated date or paid result is published.

What must I verify before filing?

Preserve the actual extension order.
Calculate both cap branches from their respective established events.
Read any shorter grant.
Distinguish statutory conditions and reopening before filing.
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.

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