Civil Procedure -- notice of appeal -- timeliness.

• Date: 11 September 2014

Byline: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit

Civil

Civil Procedure -- notice of appeal -- timeliness

There is no unique circumstances exception for failure to file a timely notice of appeal.

"Moreover, Satkar hasn't shown that it actually relied on what the district court said. It's undisputed that Satkar knew the court had entered a Rule 54(b) final judgment on September 21, so it cannot claim to have been genuinely confused when the judge misstated the record a week later. When the judge invited a request for a Rule 54(b) finding on September 27-mistakenly, as Satkar admits it knew at the...