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What is the deadline for rule 60(b) relief from judgment, one-year long-stop for grounds (1) to (3)?
Rule 60(b) relief from judgment, one-year long-stop for grounds (1) to (3) is governed by Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(c)(1). This page does not calculate a date. Two separate constraints that must NOT be merged. Read the rule text and the noted conditions before relying on any date.
Read why no date is calculated- Period
- 1 year
- Trigger
- Entry of the judgment or order, or the date of the proceeding
- Rule
- Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(c)(1)
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure amended through 2025
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Why this page does not calculate a date
Two separate constraints that must NOT be merged. (a) A free-standing reasonableness requirement applies to every Rule 60(b) ground, so a motion filed inside the year can still be untimely. (b) The one-year cap applies only to grounds (1) mistake, (2) newly discovered evidence and (3) fraud. Grounds (4), (5) and (6) have no numeric cap, only the reasonable-time test, and cannot be reduced to a computed date.
Read Rule 60"A motion under Rule 60(b) must be made within a reasonable time - and for reasons (1), (2), and (3) no more than a year after the entry of the judgment or order or the date of the proceeding."
Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(c)(1)
Which date starts the 1 year period?
The period runs from the entry of the judgment or order, or the date of the proceeding.
Count forward from the trigger event. Confirm the event on the docket or in the service record before entering a date.
Read Rule 60"A motion under Rule 60(b) must be made within a reasonable time - and for reasons (1), (2), and (3) no more than a year after the entry of the judgment or order or the date of the proceeding."
Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(c)(1)
This is a docket-entry calculation. Do not substitute the day an email arrived, the day you read the order or the day of the hearing.
Which date do I enter?How are the 1 year counted?
- Exclude the day of the trigger event.
- Count every following day, including intermediate Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays.
- If the last day is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, continue to the next day that is not one of those.
Exclude the trigger day and count calendar days under FRCP 6(a).
If the final day is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, FRCP 6(a) carries it to the next open day.
Rule 6(a) also treats a day on which the clerk’s office is inaccessible as excluded from the last day, and sets the filing cutoff at midnight in the court’s time zone for electronic filing. The national calculation does not confirm those local facts.
Read FRCP 6(a)The calculation gives the ordinary national-rule date. Check relevant holidays, the court’s accessibility and its filing cutoff separately.
Review the filing checklistWhy no worked calculation is shown
No date is calculated on this page because the encoded provision could not be reduced to one fixed period. Read the rule text, the starting event and the noted branches, then confirm the period in the current rules before relying on any date.
Two separate constraints that must NOT be merged. (a) A free-standing reasonableness requirement applies to every Rule 60(b) ground, so a motion filed inside the year can still be untimely. (b) The one-year cap applies only to grounds (1) mistake, (2) newly discovered evidence and (3) fraud. Grounds (4), (5) and (6) have no numeric cap, only the reasonable-time test, and cannot be reduced to a computed date.
Can an order, motion or extension change the deadline?
- Extensions
- NON-EXTENDABLE: FRCP 6(b)(2) bars extending the time to act under Rule 60(b). The one year is an absolute outer limit that cannot be enlarged even for good cause.
- Orders and local rules
- A scheduling order, stipulation approved by the court, standing order or local rule can set a different period and controls over the national default.
- NON-EXTENDABLE: FRCP 6(b)(2) bars extending the time to act under Rule 60(b). The one year is an absolute outer limit that cannot be enlarged even for good cause.
- A stipulation, scheduling order, standing order or local rule can set a different period and controls over the national default.
- Two separate constraints that must NOT be merged. (a) A free-standing reasonableness requirement applies to every Rule 60(b) ground, so a motion filed inside the year can still be untimely. (b) The one-year cap applies only to grounds (1) mistake, (2) newly discovered evidence and (3) fraud. Grounds (4), (5) and (6) have no numeric cap, only the reasonable-time test, and cannot be reduced to a computed date.
What should I check before filing?
These checks help you review the result. They do not activate a calendar date or certify that the deadline applies.
Common questions
Find answers about when this 1 year period starts, how it is counted, what can change it and how to keep your calculation.
Starting the clock
Does the clock start on the entry of the judgment or order, or the date of the proceeding, or when I first learned of it?
The period runs from the entry of the judgment or order, or the date of the proceeding as the rule defines it, not from the day you read about it, received a courtesy copy or attended a hearing. Use the date shown on the docket or in the service record.
Read Rule 60Do I add three days because the document arrived by mail?
Not to this period. FRCP 6(d) concerns periods measured after service. This period runs from the entry of the judgment or order, or the date of the proceeding, so no mailing days are added.
FRCP 6(d)Counting days and filing
Which time zone and filing cutoff apply?
Under FRCP 6(a)(4), electronic filing ends at midnight in the court’s time zone unless a statute, local rule or court order sets a different time. Paper filing ends when the clerk’s office is scheduled to close. This calculator does not verify either fact.
FRCP 6(a)What if the court is inaccessible on the last day?
FRCP 6(a)(3) extends the period to the first accessible day that is not a weekend or legal holiday when the clerk’s office is inaccessible on the last day. Check the court’s closure notices and orders. A national holiday calculation does not establish an outage or local closure.
FRCP 6(a)Extensions and local rules
Can the court extend this deadline?
NON-EXTENDABLE: FRCP 6(b)(2) bars extending the time to act under Rule 60(b). The one year is an absolute outer limit that cannot be enlarged even for good cause. A request does not itself extend the period, and no discretionary extension is calculated here.
Read Rule 60Do local rules, standing orders or a scheduling order change the date?
They can. Many courts set their own periods by local rule, standing order or case-specific order, and those control over the national default. This calculator gives the national-rule date only; compare it with any order in the case before relying on it.
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Does this calculator decide whether the rule applies to my case?
No. It calculates a period from the date you provide under the cited rule. It does not decide whether the rule governs your filing, whether an exception applies, or whether the filing has merit. Those questions need separate review.
Can I calculate the deadline without an account?
Yes. Enter the trigger date to see the free national-rule calculation, citation, counting steps and warnings. You can add court context after the result. Missing court review keeps the result provisional.
Results, records and your case
What is included in an Evidence Record?
The retained inputs, result, cited rule, calculation working, warnings and review state. The PDF includes a payload digest and retained-data appendix, and the record can be verified against its fingerprint later. It records the calculation, not a guarantee of legal correctness.
Does saving to a case activate the calendar?
Not automatically. Provisional records remain subject to review. A separately labeled manual date does not alter the original calculation.
Official sources and review
The period and the counting method come from different provisions. The official source is the court’s published rules; the reading links open the rule text at the Legal Information Institute.
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(c)(1) | Trigger and period |
| FRCP 6(a) | Counting, legal holidays and the last day |
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