Pajiba Love
God Bless Jenny: “Where I come from, they call that ‘squeezing 10 pounds of shit in a 5 pound sack.’” I think we come from the same parts. (IDLYITW)
Dude! There’s some chewed bubblegum straight from the jaws of Jessica Simpson up for sale on eBay! I do believe the last bid was: “Are you fucking kidding me?” (Fatback and Collards)
Holy shit. Preston Meyers packs heat. (BWE)
As it turns out, Cosmo Kramer is just loony. I guess we can all move along now. (Yeeeah!) And speaking of bigots, Mel Gibson seeks to resurrect his image by offering his sympathy to Richards. (The Evil Beet)
X-Men illustrator Dave Cockrum passed away last night, wearing Superman PJs and wrapped in a … Batman blanket. I’m just going to let that one go, people. (Spank Cheeks)
Jack Bauer turns badass appellate lawyer in the forthcoming season of “24.” (QuizLaw)
Pajiba Love | November 30, 2006 | Comments (2)
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Posted by: meep at November 30, 2006 5:59 PM
Looks like that quizlaw article is complete gone now - here's what was in my RSS feed...too funny :)
8:32 AM (8 hours ago)"If you don't deem this filing as timely, then it'll just be a question of how much you want it to hurt."
You know how when we're watching "24" they give us that nifty little clock with the "boop...beep...boop...beep" sound, to keep track of the time? Well attorneys under a filing deadline might do well to invest in a similar gadget for their offices.
The Tenth Circuit recently issued an opinion clarifying that filing deadlines are, in fact, filing deadlines, and even if you're a mere six minutes late - tough stuff for you. The Court basically bitch-slapped a plaintiff trying to appeal a District Court decision because the plaintiffs' notice of appeal was filed at 12:06 a.m. on January 17, 2004, when the filing deadline was January 16, telling them that "[t]hey are out of luck."
See. That "24" clock could've saved the day. And if the plaintiffs' attorneys still managed to be late with the filing? Well, maybe they could've actually taken Jack Bauer to the oral argument with them. I mean, the kind of things he's able to pull off, surely he could've convinced the Tenth Circuit to let the plaintiffs slide on this one. He'd just yell something like "damn it, I don't have time to explain the merits of this case right now" and then shoot one of the judges in the leg, threatening to kill the judge's entire family unless the panel ruled in the plaintiffs' favor. And then the defendants' attorney would [redacted].
I apologize for the above redaction. Turns out that "24" has previously stretched the show's believability so thin that I actually hit on a plot-line from the upcoming season with this wholly implausible and ludicrous court room scenario. So I've been smacked with a cease and desist letter from the show's producers. Tune in to Fox next spring to find out how the Tenth Circuit rules!