GEORGE C. PRATT, Circuit Judge:
This appeal requires us to interpret and apply, apparently for the first time in this circuit, a 1991 amendment to rule 4(a) of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. The amendment extends until 180 days after entry of judgment the time within which a district court may permit late filing of a notice of appeal.
Plaintiffs' § 1983 action against Suffolk County, New York, the Suffolk County Police Department, Suffolk County...
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