Hamer v. Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago

Ct. of Appeals dismissed as untimely plaintiff’s appeal of Dist. Ct.’s order granting defendants’ motion for summary judgment in plaintiff’s ADA and Title VII action, where plaintiff sought and received 51-day extension of time to file notice of appeal, and where said extension of time exceeded allowable 30-day extension of time for filing notice of appeal set forth in Rule 4(a)(5). Ct. rejected plaintiff’s contention that 30-day limitation set forth in Rule 4(a)(5) did not apply because Dist. Ct. did not consider it when granting instant extension, or that defendants waived any timeliness argument by failing to initially raise it.