The summary judgment was granted in the favor of the defense and I am appealing prose because my lawyer withdrew. It is a civil case on employment retaliation ( I am not appealing for malpractice). I would need to appeal to the United states Court of appleal Fourth Circuit. I will really appreciate if anyone of you who has knowledge of US Virginia legal system could answer my questions:
1) The summary judgment for my civil case (retaliation) was granted on 16 NOV in favor of the defense (which means the deadline for notice of appeal would have been 15 DEC). My lawyer filed a motion to withdraw and in the same motion, he asked for the extension of the deadline for notice of appeal. The judge allowed the lawyer to withdraw and also said in its order that " time to file a notice of appeal enlarged by 30 days' but did not provide an exact date for the notice of appeal. Now i have to figure out what is the last day for notice of appeal. This order was on 5 DEC and my original time to file an appeal was expiring on 15 DEC. So the question is whether the 30 day 'enlarged' clock starts from the date of order (5 DEC) when the extension was granted or from the day when the notice of appeal was expiring (15 DEC)?
I need to figure this out because I need time to write the brief and research.
2) Does the notice of appeal include just one form or the brief should be submitted with the notice of appeal?
3) I want to use the transcriptt ( for court discussion on summary judgment day) in preparation for the brief for appeal. Can I order the transcriptt now and attach it with the brief later, after filing the notice of appeal? If I do so, would I need to order it again within 14 days after filing the notice of appeal? The transcriptt order form asks for the date for notice of appeal. Is it mandatory to put the date of notice of appeal on the transcriptt order form?
Thank you,
M
