Federal civil deadline for one rule
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Compute one federal civil deadline under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, FRAP 4 or 28 U.S.C. 1446 and 1447, from the date of the event the rule counts from. Counts under FRCP 6(a) (FRAP 26(a) for an appeal), rolls off weekends and legal holidays in the direction the rule requires, and adds 3 days under Rule 6(d) or FRAP 26(c) only when that rule reaches the period and the method of service calls for it. Returns the due date under the prevailing reading and, when the readings differ, the earliest date (safe for a party computing its own deadline) and the latest date (the floor for arguing someone else was late), with every open question, the rule text, the authority and the countersign status. A deadline a district court's own local rules set is returned by federal_local_deadline.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| rule | Yes | The rule row to compute. Each id names the rule and subdivision: fed-frcp-4m (FRCP 4(m), after the complaint is filed); fed-frcp-4d1F (FRCP 4(d)(1)(F), after the request was sent); fed-frcp-12a1Ai (FRCP 12(a)(1)(A)(i), after being served with the summons and complaint); fed-frcp-12a1Aii (FRCP 12(a)(1)(A)(ii), after the request for a waiver was sent); fed-frcp-12a2 (FRCP 12(a)(2), after service on the United States attorney); fed-frcp-12a3 (FRCP 12(a)(3), after service on the officer or employee or service on the United States attorney, whichever is later); fed-frcp-12a4A (FRCP 12(a)(4)(A), after notice of the court's action); fed-frcp-12a4B (FRCP 12(a)(4)(B), after the more definite statement is served); fed-frcp-15a1A (FRCP 15(a)(1)(A), after serving it); fed-frcp-15a1B (FRCP 15(a)(1)(B), after service of a responsive pleading or 21 days after service of a motion under Rule 12(b), (e), or (f), whichever is earlier); fed-frcp-15a3 (FRCP 15(a)(3), after service of the amended pleading); fed-frcp-38b1 (FRCP 38(b)(1), after the last pleading directed to the issue is served); fed-frcp-16b2 (FRCP 16(b)(2), the earlier of 90 days after any defendant has been served with the complaint or 60 days after any defendant has appeared); fed-frcp-26f1 (FRCP 26(f)(1), at least 21 days before a scheduling conference is to be held or a scheduling order is due under Rule 16(b)); fed-frcp-26a1C (FRCP 26(a)(1)(C), after the parties' Rule 26(f) conference); fed-frcp-26a1D (FRCP 26(a)(1)(D), after being served or joined); fed-frcp-26a2Di (FRCP 26(a)(2)(D)(i), at least 90 days before the date set for trial or for the case to be ready for trial); fed-frcp-26a2Dii (FRCP 26(a)(2)(D)(ii), after the other party's disclosure); fed-frcp-26a3B-disclosures (FRCP 26(a)(3)(B), at least 30 days before trial); fed-frcp-26a3B-objections (FRCP 26(a)(3)(B), Within 14 days after they are made); fed-frcp-33b2 (FRCP 33(b)(2), after being served with the interrogatories); fed-frcp-34b2A-served (FRCP 34(b)(2)(A), after being served); fed-frcp-34b2A-early (FRCP 34(b)(2)(A), after the parties' first Rule 26(f) conference); fed-frcp-36a3 (FRCP 36(a)(3), within 30 days after being served); fed-frcp-45d2B (FRCP 45(d)(2)(B), 14 days after the subpoena is served); fed-frcp-56b (FRCP 56(b), until 30 days after the close of all discovery); fed-frcp-72a (FRCP 72(a), after being served with a copy); fed-frcp-72b2-objections (FRCP 72(b)(2), after being served with a copy of the recommended disposition); fed-frcp-72b2-response (FRCP 72(b)(2), after being served with a copy); fed-frcp-50b (FRCP 50(b), after the entry of judgment); fed-frcp-50d (FRCP 50(d), after the entry of the judgment); fed-frcp-52b (FRCP 52(b), after the entry of judgment); fed-frcp-59b (FRCP 59(b), after the entry of judgment); fed-frcp-59c (FRCP 59(c), after being served); fed-frcp-59d (FRCP 59(d), after the entry of judgment); fed-frcp-59e (FRCP 59(e), after the entry of the judgment); fed-frcp-54d2Bi (FRCP 54(d)(2)(B)(i), after the entry of judgment); fed-frcp-60c1 (FRCP 60(c)(1), after the entry of the judgment or order or the date of the proceeding); fed-frcp-62a (FRCP 62(a), for 30 days after its entry); fed-frap-4a1A (FRAP 4(a)(1)(A), after entry of the judgment or order appealed from); fed-frap-4a1B (FRAP 4(a)(1)(B), after entry of the judgment or order appealed from); fed-frap-4a3 (FRAP 4(a)(3), after the date when the first notice was filed); fed-frap-4a4 (FRAP 4(a)(4), from the entry of the order disposing of the last such remaining motion); fed-frap-4a5 (FRAP 4(a)(5)(A)(i), no later than 30 days after the time prescribed by this Rule 4(a) expires); fed-frap-4a6 (FRAP 4(a)(6), after the date when its order to reopen is entered); fed-usc-1446b1 (28 U.S.C. 1446(b)(1), after the receipt by the defendant, through service or otherwise, of a copy of the initial pleading); fed-usc-1446b2BC (28 U.S.C. 1446(b)(2)(B)-(C), after receipt by or service on that defendant of the initial pleading or summons described in paragraph (1)); fed-usc-1446b3 (28 U.S.C. 1446(b)(3), after receipt by the defendant, through service or otherwise, of a copy of an amended pleading, motion, order or other paper); fed-usc-1446c1 (28 U.S.C. 1446(c)(1), more than 1 year after commencement of the action); fed-usc-1447c (28 U.S.C. 1447(c), after the filing of the notice of removal under section 1446(a)); fed-frcp-81c2 (FRCP 81(c)(2), receipt of the initial pleading; service of the summons for an initial pleading on file; filing of the notice of removal); fed-frcp-6c1 (FRCP 6(c)(1), before the time specified for the hearing); fed-frcp-6c2 (FRCP 6(c)(2), before the hearing). | |
| reason | No | FRCP 60(c)(1) only, required there: the reason under Rule 60(b), 1 to 6. Reasons 1 to 3 have a one-year outer limit; reasons 4 to 6 have no fixed date. | |
| district | No | Optional. The CM/ECF id of the district court, such as casd (S.D. Cal.), cacd (C.D. Cal.), nysd (S.D.N.Y.) or dcd (D.D.C.). Adds the time the last day ends where the court states it, the notes for that district, and the Ninth Circuit notes for California districts. For a district whose local rules this site applies (federal_local_deadline accepts it), it also adds that court's local rule notes and the days its posted schedule closes the court; for any other district the answer says its local rules are not applied. | |
| us_party | No | FRAP 4(a)(3), 4(a)(4) and 4(a)(5): true when one of the parties is the United States, a United States agency, or an officer or employee in one of the four categories FRAP 4(a)(1)(B) lists, which makes the appeal period 60 days. | |
| trigger_date | No | Required, except on fed-frcp-26f1 when defendant_served_date is given. The date of the event the rule counts from, in the rule's own words above: the date of service, entry, filing, the conference, or for a period counted backward the date of the later event (trial, a hearing, the scheduling conference). For a removal row, the date of receipt by the defendant, through service or otherwise, as 28 U.S.C. 1446(b) puts it, never a mailing date plus 3. | |
| frap_delivery | No | For an appeal period that runs after being served: how the paper was delivered, under FRAP 26(c). served-electronically = Served electronically: adds nothing; delivered-on-proof-date = Delivered on the date stated in the proof of service: adds nothing; other = Any other service: adds 3 days (FRAP 26(c)). | |
| service_method | No | How the paper that starts the period was served, under FRCP 5(b)(2). Only mail, leaving it with the clerk and other consented means add 3 days, and only on a period that runs after being served: 5b2C-mail = Mail (Rule 5(b)(2)(C)); 5b2D-clerk = Leaving it with the clerk (Rule 5(b)(2)(D)); 5b2F-consented-other = Other means you consented to in writing (Rule 5(b)(2)(F)); 5b2E-electronic = The court's electronic-filing system or other consented electronic means (Rule 5(b)(2)(E)): adds nothing; 5b2A-handing = Handing it to the person (Rule 5(b)(2)(A)): adds nothing; 5b2B-leaving = Leaving it at the office or home (Rule 5(b)(2)(B)): adds nothing. | |
| compliance_date | No | FRCP 45(d)(2)(B) only, required there: the date for compliance stated in the subpoena. | |
| compliance_time | No | FRCP 45(d)(2)(B) only, required there: the time for compliance stated in the subpoena, 24-hour HH:MM. | |
| outside_district | No | FRCP 4(d)(1)(F) and 12(a)(1)(A)(ii): true when the waiver request was sent to the defendant outside any judicial district of the United States. | |
| third_trigger_date | No | A third date, used only by FRCP 81(c)(2): service of the summons for an initial pleading on file. | |
| second_trigger_date | No | A second date, for a row that compares two periods: FRCP 12(a)(3) the other service date; 15(a)(1)(B) the service date of the other paper; 15(a)(3) the date the response to the original pleading was due; 16(b)(2) the date any defendant appeared; 26(f)(1) the other anchor; FRAP 4(a)(3) entry of the judgment or order; 1446(b)(1) service of summons; 81(c)(2) receipt of the initial pleading. | |
| defendant_served_date | No | FRCP 26(f)(1) only, when neither the scheduling conference date nor the date the scheduling order is due is known: the date any defendant was served with the complaint. Rule 16(b)(2) is then computed first and the conference date counted back from it, in one reading. trigger_date and second_trigger_date are ignored. | |
| defendant_appeared_date | No | FRCP 26(f)(1) only, with defendant_served_date: the date any defendant appeared, if known. |