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Time for Appeal Where Party is Incarcerated

M.D. Pa. LR 83.33

When it appears that a party who is incarcerated has delivered a notice of appeal within thirty (30) days after the entry of a civil judgment to the authorities in charge of that party's incarceration, the time for filing the notice of appeal is extended for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days in order to allow for the handling and transmission of the notice of appeal by the authorities to the clerk of the court. CHAPTER XIX PRO BONO ATTORNEYS FOR INDIGENT LITIGANTS
Official source: https://www.pamd.uscourts.gov/sites/pamd/files/LR120114.pdf · retrieved 2026-07-23