Brian Lee Flowers v. Tom Roy

The district court 1 granted Brian Lee Flowers relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Forty-one days after the district court entered judgment, Minnesota Commissioner of Corrections Tom Roy filed both a motion for an extension of time to file a notice of appeal and a notice of appeal. The district court denied Roy’s motion, finding neither excusable neglect nor good cause warranting an extension of the thirty-day deadline. Roy now appeals both the grant of relief under § 2255 (No. 14-2464) and the denial of his motion for an extension of time to file a notice of appeal (No. 14-2465).

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