R. S., et al., Individually and on Behalf of Their Son, A. S. v. Board of Education Shenendehowa Central School District, et al.

Whether an appellate court may sue sponte dismiss an appeal which has been filed within the time limitations stated in the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure FRAP Rule 26(c) that adds 3 days for service by mail to file an appeal for which the motion has been granted to reopen the time to file an appeal under rule 4(a)(6) of FRAP? Whether non-attorney pro se parents can reasonably have been expected to know of unwritten rules that lawyers take for granted that FRAP Rule 26(c) does not apply to mailed motions that are granted to reopen the time to file an appeal under rule 4(a)(6) of FRAP when that is impossible to determine when reading the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure? Whether the interpretation of FRAP is intended to be based on the stand-alone _ document and whether supplementary rules are required for its interpretation where such supplementary rules are referenced within FRAP to the particular application of FRAP rule 26(c) on FRAP rule 4(a)(6)?