McLaughlin Freight Services, Inc. v. ContiTech USA, Inc.
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Can a district court disregard Rule 59's claim-processing rule by sua sponte remitting and amending a judgment more than nine months after Rule 59's twenty-eight-day deadline expires?
QUESTION PRESENTED Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(d) establishes a twenty-eight-day deadline for a court to award a new trial on its own initiative, and Rule 59(e) imposes the same deadline to alter or amend a judgment. This Court has held that similar rules of procedure are mandatory claim-processing rules that courts cannot “disregard.” Nutraceutical Corp. v. Lambert, 139 S. Ct. 710, 714 (2019). The question presented is: Can a district court disregard Rule 59’s claim-processing rule by swa sponte remitting and amending a judgment more than nine months after Rule 59’s twenty-eight-day deadline expires?