Rufus Averhart v. Jose Arrendondo, Sheriff, Captain Jandury, and Officer Woodke, Defendants

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

On August 15 we dismissed this appeal because the notice of appeal had been filed after the 30 days allowed by federal law in a private civil case, such as this case is. See Fed.R.App.P. 4(a)(1). The appellant has asked for rehearing, and though we must deny it, the appellant’s quandary moves us to invite the attention of our district judges to an unfortunate and remediable deficiency in the administration of justice by the federal courts.

The appellant is a state prisoner who brought this civil rights suit in federal district court against three correctional officers.…