Legal Opinion
Prestex, Inc. v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided January 11, 1984No. 558-82CPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LYDON, Judge:
By opinion dated December 2, 1983, 4 Cl.Ct. 14, the court denied plaintiff’s motion to extend the time for filing a notice of appeal under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure (FRAP) 4(a)(5). In essence, the court rejected plaintiff’s contention that an attorney’s mistake in calculating the appeal time constituted “excusable neglect” because certain medications he was taking caused him to be confused momentarily as to the last day on which the Notice of Appeal had to be filed. Plaintiff has now moved to vacate and expunge the court’s opinion, or, in the alternative to…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Nixon v. Warner Communications, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- United States v. HubbardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
- United States v. EdwardsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- Carter v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1975
- General Electric Company, a Corporation v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1969
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3Cited by20 opinions
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