What is the deadline for petition for review of an agency order under the Hobbs Act?

The period runs from the entry of the agency's final reviewable order.

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

"Any party aggrieved by the final order may, within 60 days after its entry, file a petition to review the order in the court of appeals wherein venue lies."

28 U.S.C. 2344; Fed. R. App. P. 15(a)(1)

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.

The Hobbs Act 60 days governs only the agencies listed in 28 U.S.C. 2342. Many agency review periods are set by their own organic statutes and differ sharply: 60 days under the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7607(b)(1); 30 days for a final order of removal under 8 U.S.C. 1252(b)(1), encoded separately at us_fed_appellate_immigration_petition_review_30; 60 days for a final order of the Merit Systems Protection Board under 5 U.S.C. 7703(b)(1)(A). Identify the governing statute before computing. "Entry" of the order is also agency-specific, often the date of service or of publication under the agency's own rules. Corrected on verification: the researcher's list asserted "30 days under the NLRA and 29 U.S.C. 160(f) practice". No such period exists. 29 U.S.C. 160(f) contains NO time limit whatever for a petition to review an order of the National Labor Relations Board, and the Board is not among the agencies listed in 28 U.S.C. 2342, so neither the Hobbs Act 60 days nor any 30-day period applies to it. Do not compute any deadline for an NLRB petition for review from this entry.

Extensions

NON-EXTENDABLE AND JURISDICTIONAL. FRAP 26(b)(2) specifically forbids the court to extend the time to file a notice of appeal from, or a petition to review, an order of a federal administrative agency, board, commission or officer "unless specifically authorized by law".

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 AND JURISDICTIONAL. FRAP 26(b)(2) specifically forbids the court to extend the time to file a notice of appeal from, or a petition to review, an order of a federal administrative agency, board, commission or officer "unless specifically authorized by law".
• A stipulation, scheduling order, standing order or local rule can set a different period and controls over the national default.
• The Hobbs Act 60 days governs only the agencies listed in 28 U.S.C. 2342. Many agency review periods are set by their own organic statutes and differ sharply: 60 days under the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7607(b)(1); 30 days for a final order of removal under 8 U.S.C. 1252(b)(1), encoded separately at us_fed_appellate_immigration_petition_review_30; 60 days for a final order of the Merit Systems Protection Board under 5 U.S.C. 7703(b)(1)(A). Identify the governing statute before computing. "Entry" of the order is also agency-specific, often the date of service or of publication under the agency's own rules. Corrected on verification: the researcher's list asserted "30 days under the NLRA and 29 U.S.C. 160(f) practice". No such period exists. 29 U.S.C. 160(f) contains NO time limit whatever for a petition to review an order of the National Labor Relations Board, and the Board is not among the agencies listed in 28 U.S.C. 2342, so neither the Hobbs Act 60 days nor any 30-day period applies to it. Do not compute any deadline for an NLRB petition for review from this entry.

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 60-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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