Opinion ID: 694366
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Heading: Fed.R.App.P. 4(a)(5)

Text: 36 Nunley asks us to apply the Supreme Court's recent holding in Pioneer Inv. Serv. Co. v. Brunswick Assoc., --- U.S. ----, ----, 113 S.Ct. 1489, 1498, 123 L.Ed.2d 74 (1993) (5-4 decision), to Fed.R.App.P. 4(a)(5). In Pioneer, the Supreme Court interpreted the term excusable neglect in connection with Bankr.R. 9006(b)(1), which extends the time to file a proof of claim, and applied a flexible standard, holding that inadvertence or negligence may constitute excusable neglect. Id. at ----, 113 S.Ct. at 1496. Because we remand to the district court for an application of the bursting bubble and specific factual denial standard under Rule 4(a)(6), and because Rule 4(a)(6) is the preferable route for relief where a party alleges non-receipt of notice of entry, we need not reach the issue of the correct formulation of excusable neglect in the context of Fed.R.App.P. 4(a)(5). 37 For these reasons, we VACATE the decision of the district court and REMAND for further proceedings.