Time for Appeal Where Party is Incarcerated

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Rule Set: Local Rules of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Rule: 83.33

Jurisdiction: MDPA

Bluebook Citation: M.D. Pa. L.R. 83.33

All Rules: M.D. Pa. Local Rules, complete index


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When it appears that a party who is incarcerated has delivered a notice of appeal within thirty (30) days after the entry of a civil judgment to the authorities in charge of that party's incarceration, the time for filing the notice of appeal is extended for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days in order to allow for the handling and transmission of the notice of appeal by the authorities to the clerk of the court.

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