Legal Opinion
Lonnie Echols v. Joel T. Parker, State of Mississippi
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 13, 1990No. 89-4349, 89-4633PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON PETITION FOR REHEARING
Before CLARK, Chief Judge, WISDOM and SMITH, Circuit Judges. CLARK, Chief Judge:
In a previous unpublished opinion, 902 F.2d 957 (5th Cir.1990), we affirmed the district court’s extension of the “unique circumstances” exception to the ten-day time limit of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e). The exception had formerly been applied only “to allow untimely appeal, when the appellant has reasonably relied upon a district court’s erroneous extension of the time allowed for filing Rule 52 or Rule 59 motions, or its entertaining of such motions despite their…
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