What is the deadline for motion to reopen the time to appeal, outer long-stop?

The period runs from the entry of the judgment or order sought to be appealed.

Count forward from the trigger event. Confirm the event on the docket or in the service record before entering a date.

"the motion is filed within 180 days after the judgment or order is entered or within 14 days after the moving party receives notice under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 77(d) of the entry, whichever is earlier"

Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(6)(B); 28 U.S.C. 2107(c)

1. 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.

Exclude the trigger day and count calendar days under FRAP 26(a).

If the final day is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, FRAP 26(a) carries it to the next open day.

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 national calculation does not read them.

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.

This is the LONG-STOP limb only. It must be paired with the separate 14-day-from-actual-notice limb (us_fed_appellate_noa_reopen_motion_14) and the EARLIER of the two governs. Encoding only 180 days will overstate the deadline in every case where notice was in fact received.

Extensions

No discretion to enlarge. Jurisdictional and statutory (28 U.S.C. 2107(c)). Reopening additionally requires the court to find the movant did not receive Rule 77(d) notice within 21 days of entry and that no party would be prejudiced.

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.

• No discretion to enlarge. Jurisdictional and statutory (28 U.S.C. 2107(c)). Reopening additionally requires the court to find the movant did not receive Rule 77(d) notice within 21 days of entry and that no party would be prejudiced.
• A stipulation, scheduling order, standing order or local rule can set a different period and controls over the national default.
• This is the LONG-STOP limb only. It must be paired with the separate 14-day-from-actual-notice limb (us_fed_appellate_noa_reopen_motion_14) and the EARLIER of the two governs. Encoding only 180 days will overstate the deadline in every case where notice was in fact received.

These checks help you review the result. They do not activate a calendar date or certify that the deadline applies.

• Correct trigger date from the district docket or the court of appeals docket
• The circuit’s briefing schedule, local rule or order, which commonly displaces the national default
• 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 this 180-day period starts, how it is counted, what can change it and how to keep your calculation.

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.

Rule record reviewed September 17, 2026. Guide sources checked September 1, 2026. Next source check November 15, 2026.

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