What is the deadline for payment of fees after a direct bankruptcy appeal is authorized?

The period runs from the entry of the order authorizing the direct appeal.

For Fed. R. App. P. 6(c)(2)(F)(ii), count forward from the trigger event. Confirm the event on the docket or in the service record before entering a date.

"Within 14 days after the order authorizing the direct appeal is entered, the appellant must pay the bankruptcy clerk any unpaid required fee, including: the fee required for the appeal to the district court or bankruptcy appellate panel; and the difference between the fee for an appeal to the district court or bankruptcy appellate panel and the fee required for an appeal to the court of appeals."

Fed. R. App. P. 6(c)(2)(F)(ii)

1. Fed. R. App. P. 6(c)(2)(F)(ii). Exclude the day of the trigger event.
2. Count every following day, including intermediate Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays.
3. If the last day is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, continue to the next day that is not one of those.

The Fed. R. App. P. 6(c)(2)(F)(ii) record uses this method. Exclude the trigger day and count calendar days under FRAP 26(a).

For Fed. R. App. P. 6(c)(2)(F)(ii), if the final day is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, FRAP 26(a) carries it to the next open day.

The supporting computation provision for Fed. R. App. P. 6(c)(2)(F)(ii) adds this boundary. FRAP 26(a) also treats a day on which the clerk’s office is inaccessible as excluded from the last day, and sets the electronic filing cutoff at midnight in the time zone of the circuit clerk’s principal office. Circuit local rules and briefing orders often control; the rule calculation does not read them.

Fictitious example

Assume the entry of the order authorizing the direct appeal on Tuesday, September 1, 2026 (entry of the order authorizing the direct appeal on this date, with no order, motion or extension affecting the period), with no order, motion, extension or local closure affecting the result. Exclude the trigger day and count calendar days under FRAP 26(a). The example assumes no local rule, order or closure changes the ordinary period under Fed. R. App. P. 6(c)(2)(F)(ii).

Extensions

Extendable for good cause under FRAP 26(b).

Orders and local rules

A scheduling order, approved stipulation, standing order or local rule can control over the ordinary period described by Fed. R. App. P. 6(c)(2)(F)(ii).

• Extendable for good cause under FRAP 26(b).
• A stipulation, scheduling order, standing order or local rule can control over the ordinary period described by Fed. R. App. P. 6(c)(2)(F)(ii).

Use these checks before relying on the Fed. R. App. P. 6(c)(2)(F)(ii) result. They do not activate a calendar date or certify that the rule applies.

• Correct trigger date from the district docket or the court of appeals docket
• The circuit’s briefing schedule, local rule or order, which can replace the ordinary federal period
• Applicable legal holidays and any closure notice for the circuit clerk’s office
• Time zone of the circuit clerk’s principal office and the electronic filing cutoff
• Current rules and any order entered in the appeal

Find answers about when the 14-day period under Fed. R. App. P. 6(c)(2)(F)(ii) starts, how it is counted and what can change it.

The period for Fed. R. App. P. 6(c)(2)(F)(ii) and its counting method come from the cited federal provisions. Official links open the court’s published rules and accessible rule text where available.

Published by Deadline Engine. This calculator applies the ordinary period under Fed. R. App. P. 6(c)(2)(F)(ii). It does not decide whether the rule applies, obtain an extension or file anything for you.