District of Columbia Court Deadline Calculator

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Calculate District of Columbia court deadlines under the D.C. Superior Court Rules of Civil Procedure (SCR-Civ.); D.C. Court of Appeals Rules (D.C. App. R.). Answer windows, motion response periods, the extension the rule gives your service method, and District of Columbia court holidays — computed from versioned rule data with a conservative buffer.

D.C. Superior Court Rules of Civil Procedure (SCR-Civ.); D.C. Court of Appeals Rules (D.C. App. R.)

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District of Columbia Deadline Rules

Deadlines are computed from D.C. Superior Court Rules of Civil Procedure (SCR-Civ.); D.C. Court of Appeals Rules (D.C. App. R.), versioned and dated in the rule data
How you were served is part of the calculation — the calculator applies the extension the rule gives that method, including none
Weekends and District of Columbia court holidays are applied when a computed date lands on one
Every computed deadline carries a conservative safety buffer, and ambiguity resolves to the earlier date
Enter your dates in the calculator for a result specific to District of Columbia — periods depend on the trigger event and how you were served

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