Pioneer Investment Services, Inc

In Pioneer Investment Services, Inc., 507 U.S. 380, 113 S. Ct. 1489, 123 L. Ed. 2d 74 (1993), a creditor failed to file its claim by the bar date set by the bankruptcy court. Defendants-Appellants submit that this case is an example of culpability requisite for GRCP 60(b)(6). There, the U.S. Supreme Court in evaluating standards of party culpability wrote, "at one end of the spectrum, a party may be prevented from complying by forces beyond its control, such as by an act of God or unforeseeable human intervention. At the other, a party simply may choose to flout a deadline. In between lie cases where a party may choose to miss a deadline although for a very good reason, such as to render first aid to an accident victim discovered on the way to the courthouse, as well as cases where a party misses a deadline through inadvertence, miscalculation, or negligence." Pioneer Investment Serv., Inc. at 387-88, 113 S. Ct. at 1494. The Court held that it was proper to make an equitable inquiry into circumstances of neglect to determine whether it was excusable. Id., at 389-92, 395, 113 S. Ct. 1495-96. The Court then found excusable neglect when failure to meet a deadline was due to the court's providing deficient notice of a deadline. Id., at 395, 113 S. Ct. at 1498.