US · rules
W.D. Wash. LCR 6
Computing and Extending Time
(a) Computing Time
When the Local Rules or a court order permits a party to act within a period of time stated in
days or a longer unit of time and the last day of the period is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal
holiday, as defined by Fed. R. Civ. P. 6, the time period continues to run until the following day
that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. “Following day” is determined by counting only
forward in time. If an order of the court sets a specific calendar date by which a party must act,
the date is not extended even if it falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday unless otherwise
ordered by the court. If access to the electronic filing system is not available due to failure of the
court’s filing system(s) for a period longer than two hours, or any period after 5pm, or if the
courthouse is closed for unanticipated reasons, filing deadlines are extended to the next business
day. If the closure results in a party having additional time to file a response to a motion, then
the deadline for the party filing a reply shall be extended by the same number of days.
(b) Motions to shorten time have been abolished.
Provenance
- Source
- www.wawd.uscourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-18
- Edition
- fed-district-2026-09-18
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