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Late Notice of Appeal Allowed
Loaded on Feb. 15, 1997
published in Prison Legal News
February, 1997, page 8
The court of appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held that Fed.R.Civ.P. 4(a)(6) allows the late filing of a notice of appeal where the party misses a filing deadline through no fault of their own. Eduardo Benavides sued the Bureau of Prisons under the Freedom of Information Act over ...
Filed under:
Medical Records,
Appeals,
Federal Statutory Law,
Freedom of Information Act.
Location:
Washington.
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