Alvin Swimmer v. Internal Revenue Service

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• holding that second motion for reconsideration tolled time to appeal from denial of first post-judgment motion
• “Ignorance of court rules does not constitute excusable neglect, even if the litigant appears pro se.”
• Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit notes that second Rule 59(e) motion untimely because not filed within ten days after judgment
• an untimely second motion for reconsideration does not toll time to appeal the underlying judgment
• “[i]gnorance of court rules does not constitute excusable neglect, even if the litigant appears pro 14 se.”
• under Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(4), a second post-judgment motion does not toll time to appeal underlying judgment unless it was filed timely as to the underlying judgment

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