Rule 3(a)(1) requires the notice of appeal to be filed with the district clerk.
Rule 4(a)(1) supplies the civil appeal-period branches.
Rule 4(b)(1)(A) supplies the ordinary defendant's criminal appeal period.
Rule 4(b)(4) and Rule 4(c) govern a possible extension and inmate filing.
Rule 22(b)(1) tracks the state-process-habeas and § 2255 COA categories.
Rule 22(b)(3) exempts a government actor's appeal from a COA requirement.
Material limitations
Actual calendaring requires the parties, entry date, postjudgment motions, inmate-filing facts, and local rules. The 2025 amendments affected Rules 6 and 39, not the rules used here.