Skiles v. Houston

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• holding that petitioner was entitled to nunc pro tunc relief where counsel filed an appeal one day late
• where delay was due to mechanical failure of law clerk’s car en route to Post Office to mail appeal, appeal nunc pro tunc was warranted
• mechanical failure of law clerk’s car was non-negligent happenstance, time for filing extended three days
• fact that law clerk’s car broke down while he was on route to the post office, precluding him from getting to the post office before closing time, was a non-negligent happenstance for granting appeal nunc pro tunc
• mechanical failure of law clerk’s car caused delay, appeal allowed
• mechanical failure of law clerk’s car resulted in delay in filing

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).