Focus (Forum & Focus)
Aug. 20, 2008
Slow Motions
The clear lesson of a recent 9th Circuit case is to file notices of appeal by hand and not to rely on the mail, write Richard A. Derevan and Todd E. Lundell. - Focus Column
By Richard A. Derevan and Todd E. Lundell
This article appears on Page 5
A few days before the deadline to appeal expired, Michael Mendez's lawyer mailed a notice of appeal to the clerk's office. Evidently nervous about meeting the filing deadline, he called the clerk's office - twice - on the due date to see if the document had arrived. The first time he learned that the notice of appeal ha...
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