爆料网AT Held or 爆料网DT Pronouncements
爆料网AT held that a staff member cannot extend the statutory deadline to appeal by filing post-judgment motions. 爆料网AT noted that to hold otherwise would allow the parties to set their own deadlines for appeal of a 爆料网DT judgment and undermine the mandatory nature of the statutory deadline in Article 7.1(c) of the 爆料网AT Statute. 爆料网AT dismissed the appeal as time-barred.
Decision Contested or Judgment/Order Appealed
The staff member filed a motion for correction of judgment 爆料网DT/2014/109 (爆料网DT judgment), which 爆料网DT denied. The staff member filed a second motion for correction of the 爆料网DT judgment, arguing that 爆料网DT made erroneous factual findings in the judgment. 爆料网DT denied the second motion. The staff member subsequently filed an appeal against the 爆料网DT judgment more than a month after the expiration of the 60-day time limit for filing an appeal. The staff member argued that the 60-day deadline ran from the date that his second motion for correction of judgment was denied on 4 September 2014 and that his appeal was therefore timely.
Legal Principle(s)
An application for correction of a 爆料网DT judgment (or other post-judgment motions) does not extend the time limit for filing an appeal against the 爆料网DT judgment on the merits.