Coleman v. Block’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
1 district ·
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2412
Relies on Santobello v. New York · Browder v. Director Department of Corrections of Illinois · Thompson v. Immigration and Naturalization Service · Harris Truck Lines, Inc. v. Cherry Meat Packers, Inc. · James v. United States
Most-quoted passages
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“[T]he district court should have authority to permit the notice to be filed out of time in extraordinary cases where injustice would otherwise result, [however] it is clear that it remains incumbent upon appellant to show that he comes precisely within the scope of Rule 73(a) which still requires a showing of excusable neglect....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“construed the excusable neglect standard as allowing an extension either upon a showing of excusable neglect or ‘in extraordinary cases where injustice would otherwise result,’ ” id., no Eighth Circuit opinion has ever recognized a result-oriented”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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