2010), was a United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit case involving the disputed authorship of a number of skits which appeared in the movie National Lampoon's TV: The Movie, released in November 2006 in the United States, which starred Steve-O, Preston Lacy, Jason "Wee Man" Acuña, Chris Pontius, Clifton Collins Jr., Danny Trejo, Jacob Vargas, Judd Nelson, Jason Mewes, Tony Cox, and Eugenio Derbez.

In 2010, by reversing the original decision, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals used filmmaker Ahanchian's legal victory to enjoin lawyers everywhere in the United States with the right to take vacation time before a trial ends as a professional civility.

[3] In September 2007, after working as a screenwriter on the feature film National Lampoon's TV: The Movie, Amir Cyrus Ahanchian filed a case for breach of an implied contract, copyright infringement, and unfair competition in violation of the Lanham Act against distributor Xenon Pictures, Inc., producer CKrush, Inc., director and writer Sam Maccarone, and Preston Lacy, a writer and actor in the film.

[4][5] The district court abused its judicial discretion in denying request for a one-week extension requested by Ahanchian's side to file his opposition and failed in denying Ahanchian's motion to allow a three-day late-filed opposition it construed as a Rule 60(b) motion.

To determine whether a party's failure to meet a deadline constitutes "excusable neglect", the Court "must apply a four-factor equitable test, examining: