The same is true for briefs. When something is due to be filed on a weekend or a holiday, the time for filing is carried over until the next business day. Accelerated calendar cases are not necessarily set for argument before a regular- calendared case. Accelerated calendar briefs are limited to 15 pages and reply briefs are not permitted. Regular calendar briefs are limited to 35 pages and 10 pages for a reply brief.
Reply briefs are due within ten days of service of the appellee's brief.
Civil cases normally take about 11 months from filing the Notice of Appeal to argument. Criminal cases take about 9 months. Once a case is submitted after argument, it takes an average of 30 to 60 days for a decision to be released. Judgment Entries for those cases on the accelerated calendar are released on Wednesdays. Local R. 16 provides for fax filing.