Law360 has What To Watch As Justices Consider Appeal Deadline Case -- In Harrow v. U.S. Department of Defense, the court will hear arguments on whether the 60-day statutory deadline for appealing decisions of the Merit Systems Protection Board — the independent agency responsible for reviewing federal employment actions — is a jurisdictional deadline that cannot be excused, or instead a claims-processing rule subject to exceptions like equitable tolling and waiver.
The DJ has 9th circuit panel debates authority to hear California’s large capacity magazine ban -- One judge even wondered if the matter should be heard by the entire 29-member court, something that has never been done.
And then there's this appellate trainwreck in this unpub, noting "We have read and considered appellant’s opening brief which violates all of the rules on appeal. It has three pages of text. There are no citations to any legal authorities and only three references to the record."
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