Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 28 : Section 2101


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 2101. Supreme Court; time for appeal or certiorari; docketing; stay

      (a) A direct appeal to the Supreme Court from any decision under
    section 1253 of this title, holding unconstitutional in whole or in
    part, any Act of Congress, shall be taken within thirty days after
    the entry of the interlocutory or final order, judgment or decree.
    The record shall be made up and the case docketed within sixty days
    from the time such appeal is taken under rules prescribed by the
    Supreme Court.
      (b) Any other direct appeal to the Supreme Court which is
    authorized by law, from a decision of a district court in any civil
    action, suit or proceeding, shall be taken within thirty days from
    the judgment, order or decree, appealed from, if interlocutory, and
    within sixty days if final.
      (c) Any other appeal or any writ of certiorari intended to bring
    any judgment or decree in a civil action, suit or proceeding before
    the Supreme Court for review shall be taken or applied for within
    ninety days after the entry of such judgment or decree. A justice
    of the Supreme Court, for good cause shown, may extend the time for
    applying for a writ of certiorari for a period not exceeding sixty
    days.
      (d) The time for appeal or application for a writ of certiorari
    to review the judgment of a State court in a criminal case shall be
    as prescribed by rules of the Supreme Court.
      (e) An application to the Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari
    to review a case before judgment has been rendered in the court of
    appeals may be made at any time before judgment.
      (f) In any case in which the final judgment or decree of any
    court is subject to review by the Supreme Court on writ of
    certiorari, the execution and enforcement of such judgment or
    decree may be stayed for a reasonable time to enable the party
    aggrieved to obtain a writ of certiorari from the Supreme Court.
    The stay may be granted by a judge of the court rendering the
    judgment or decree or by a justice of the Supreme Court, and may be
    conditioned on the giving of security, approved by such judge or
    justice, that if the aggrieved party fails to make application for
    such writ within the period allotted therefor, or fails to obtain
    an order granting his application, or fails to make his plea good
    in the Supreme Court, he shall answer for all damages and costs
    which the other party may sustain by reason of the stay.
      (g) The time for application for a writ of certiorari to review a
    decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
    shall be as prescribed by rules of the Supreme Court.



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