Elmer Gerard Pratt v. D.J. McCarthy Superintendent

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• holding that the district court abused its discretion in finding that a miscommunication between counsel regarding the filing of the notice of appeal constituted excusable neglect to enlarge an appeal deadline
• stating that “[t]o find excusable neglect on these facts would be to run roughshod over our existing precedent and the purpose of Rule 4(a)”
• strict standard 14 required both a showing of extraordinary circumstances that 15 prevented timely filing and injustice resulting from denying an 16 extension of time

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