ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
The strict provisions of Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(a)(1), which requires that a notice of appeal in a civil action be filed within thirty days of judgment and has been interpreted as jurisdictional, and Rule 4(a)(4), under which certain post-judgment motions nullify a notice of appeal, preclude our forgiveness on equitable grounds of a belated appeal by a pro se habeas corpus petitioner who failed to act timely because he...
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