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Rule 40 - Time (a)Computation. Except as otherwise specifically provided in these rules, in computing any period of time, the day of the act or event from which the designated period of time begins to run is not to be included.

(1) Appearance Upon an Arrest. (A) A person making an arrest within the United States must take the defendant without unnecessary delay before a magistrate judge, or before a state or local judicial officer as Rule 5(c) provides, unless a statute provides otherwise.

If the charge is for a felony crime, the defendant goes before the court within 24 hours after arrest and it is called a "first appearance." This may also be called a “Rule 5 hearing” or “initial appearance.” At the first appearance, a judge reads the charges and advises the defendant of his or her rights.

A witness attending before any court, referee, master, grand jury or coroner's jury or upon a deposition in a discovery proceeding, whose testimony is necessary and material to the action, shall receive a witness fee of $12.50 if such attendance, including the time necessarily occupied in traveling from the witness' ...

(1) A party may move the court to reconsider a ruling previously decided if, in reaching its decision, (A) the court has overlooked, misapplied or failed to consider a statute, decision, or principle directly controlling; or (B) the court has overlooked or misconceived some material fact or proposition of law; or (C) ...

Rule 5 requires that any person who is detained or arrested on a Federal criminal charge, whether by indictment or arrest warrant, must be brought, without “unnecessary delay” before a Federal criminal magistrate.