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authority type: rule
jurisdiction: federal_nationwide
publication status: official_current_rules
precedential status: binding_national_procedural_rules
decision or issuance date: 2025-12-01
subsequent history: Official source reviewed through 2026-08-25.
negative treatment status: Official primary sources checked through 2026-08-25; comprehensive commercial citator not run.
material limitations: Use only for the bounded propositions and limitations stated in the linked canonical modules.

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Linked modules

Federal Civil Rules on Amendment and Postjudgment Relief

Holding or rule used

Amendment, relation back, strict Rule 59 timing, Rule 60 grounds and timing, and nonextension.

Material limitation

Use only for the bounded proposition in the linked § 2255 module. State-habeas holdings are not silently converted into direct § 2255 holdings; record, circuit, local, deadline, custody, waiver, and classification issues remain separate where identified.

Official source and pinpoints

Fed. R. Civ. P. 15, 59, 60, Rules 15, 59, and 60; Rule 6(b)(2): https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf