Under the federal rule, a period ending on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday extends to the next day that is not one of those. Legal holidays include federal holidays and any day declared a holiday by the state where the court sits.
Weather and emergency closures may also extend deadlines.
Alternative Names:
Holiday Computation, Legal Holiday Rules
Why it Matters?
State-declared holidays are the provision most often missed, because the applicable list includes days the federal calendar does not observe and varies by the state where the court sits. Courthouse closures for weather or emergency create a separate category requiring monitoring of court announcements rather than a calendar. Rules-based systems maintain these calendars, which is a substantial part of their value over manual computation.
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Which holidays count?
What about weather closures?
