Docket Models

Service to Answer Clock

A stated answer clock can be recomputed from a service event. Honesty note: simplified federal civil model; jurisdictions, local rules, and court orders vary; the pinned first step states the as-of date; not legal advice; outputs are docket and deadline traces only.

highlighted = computed this step

Civil docket honesty note

Honesty note: simplified federal civil model; jurisdictions, local rules, and court orders vary; as of June 24, 2026; not legal advice; outputs are docket and deadline traces only, not filing advice.

federal civil model as of June24,2026\text{federal civil model as of }June 24, 2026

Service starts the stated answer clock

Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(a)(1)(A)(i) is modeled only as a stated clock in this simplified federal civil example.

service date+stated days\text{service date}+\text{stated days}

Example service and answer dates

Service is recorded on May 1, 2026. The modeled answer row uses 21 days.

days=21\text{days}=21

The clock recomputes the due date

The stated clock is 21 days after service. The recomputed due date is May 22, 2026 with delta 0.

days=21,delta=0\text{days}=21,\quad \text{delta}=0

Diagram note

The diagram shows a deadline trace and delta only. Any on_time or late row text is a toy delta label only, not a timely or untimely filing conclusion.

delta labels are not timeliness conclusions\text{delta labels are not timeliness conclusions}

Jurisdiction: US; as of 2026-06-24; not legal advice; Code encodes the stated-rule interpretation.

Service to answer clock scope=US-FED model=Service to answer clock as_of=2026-06-24 note=Simplified federal civil model; rules and orders vary; not legal advice; docket traces only, not filing advice; on_time and late are toy delta labels only, not timely or untimely filing conclusions. status vocabulary=early,event,late,on_time order=1 id=service date=2026-05-01 elapsed=0 status=event due=none delta=none reach=1 label=Service recorded order=2 id=answer date=2026-05-22 elapsed=21 status=on_time due=2026-05-22 delta=0 reach=0 label=Answer filed

Summary

The useful data shape is source citation, trigger date, count, recomputed due date, and delta.

source plus clock plus delta\text{source plus clock plus delta}