Pensacola & Georgia Railroad v. Spratt

How courts have described this case

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• “[Rule 2(b)] should not be used as a method to lengthen procedural time limits absent truly extraordinary circumstances, even in an effort to protect the substantive rights of litigants”
• Rule 2(b) is to be used when a case becomes unduly stalled or delayed in the appellate process due to procedural rules, and the interests of justice compel speeding up the process
• “If a hearing on a motion for a new trial is a critical stage, then logic dictates that the time period for filing the motion is also a critical stage of the proceedings.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).