Employee’s Attorney Asks High Court To Find Age Bias Appeal Was Timely

Mealey's (October 10, 2017, 2:31 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Only Congress can set the jurisdiction of trial courts under the nation’s constitutional structure, and based on that principle, Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(a)(5)(C) is nonjurisdictional, the attorney representing an employee in an age bias dispute argued Oct. 10 before the U.S. Supreme Court, adding that as a result, a district court may extend the time to appeal “as long as a motion is timely filed and there has been a showing of excusable neglect or good cause” (Charmaine Hamer v. Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago, et al., No. 16-658, U.S. Sup.)....