Mealey's (February 27, 2017, 10:58 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 27 granted a petition for writ of certiorari filed by an employee asking the high court to decide a circuit split and rule on whether Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(a)(5)(C), Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(5)(C), can deprive an appellate court of jurisdiction over a statutorily timely appeal or whether it is subject to equitable considerations such as forfeiture, waiver and the unique-circumstances doctrine (Charmaine Hamer v. Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago, et al., No. 16-658, U.S. Sup.)....