1. Whether an appellate court acts without authority when it enforces the non-jurisdictional deadline for a direct criminal appeal under Fed. R. App. P. 4(b) with the harsh consequences this Court has only allowed jurisdictional rules, particularly in the context of the interests at stake in a challenge to an unlawful criminal sentence, authorized by 18 U.S.C. § 3742.

2. Whether non-jurisdictional rules, such as Fed. R. App. P. 4(b), are subject to equitable exceptions and whether equitable considerations should excuse the missed deadline of an indigent defendant, unrepresented by counsel, in this case.

Whether an appellate court acts without authority when it enforces the non-jurisdictional deadline for a direct criminal appeal under Fed. R. App. P. 4(b) with the harsh consequences this Court has only allowed jurisdictional rules, particularly in the context of the interests at stake in a challenge to an unlawful criminal sentence, authorized by 18 U.S.C. § 3742