Contents

The clocks

Each clock is a working reference written to be understood on a first read.

Counting the Days

How a period is counted: which day it starts on, whether weekends count, and when a deadline that lands on a closure moves.

Limitation periods: when a claim accrues, what a discovery rule changes, and the limits that cannot be extended at all.

Tolling agreements, equitable tolling, stays, and asking a decision-maker for more time before the deadline rather than after.

What notice has to say, how it is delivered, and the difference between serving a document and telling somebody about it.

Addresses, forwarding, deemed receipt, refused mail, and the notice that arrived at a place somebody no longer lives.

Where a document is filed, what timestamp governs, and why a rejected filing is not a filing at all.

Default, dismissal and late filings: what can be cured, what the cure requires, and what cannot be undone.

Notice of a hearing, asking to move it, appearing remotely, and what failing to appear costs.

What starts the appeal clock, how long it runs, and the difference between appealing a decision and asking for it to be reopened.

Processing times, chasing a pending matter, expedite requests, and what delay does to a case that is already made.