Civil Litigation,
Law Practice,
California Supreme Court
Sep. 29, 2017
Testing extension statutes in the age of PACER
Are they needed after the advent of PACER and electronic service? Many would argue they are not. But if they are obsolete, they should be repealed, not construed to death.
OCTOBER 2017 TERM
Can you trust a U.S. district judge who grants an unopposed extension of time? In Hamer v. Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago, 835 F.3d 761 (7th Cir. 2016), the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said you can’t and threw Charmaine Hamer out of court. The U.S. Supreme Court will get the last word, beginning with argument set for Oct. 10.
The precise question i...
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