Court to be closed Tuesday; no filings
on Dec 29, 2006 at 11:30 am
The Supreme Court building will be closed on Tuesday, as part of the presidentially ordered National Day of Mourning for former President Gerald R. Ford, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., announced Friday. The announcement of the closing can be found here.
Under the Court’s Rule 1.3, the Clerk’s office is open for filings from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. unless the building is ordered closed by the Chief Justice. Thus, the office will not be open to accept papers for filing on Tuesday.
The Court’s Rule 30.1 provides that, on a day on which the Court building is officially closed by order, that day will not count if it is the final day in a required filing period. Thus, if Tuesday is the final day for a specific filing, the final day will go over to the end of Wednesday, when the Court building will again be open.
