Not all counsel is willing to file an appeal as it tends to upset the local judge the lawyer goes before regularly when they 'go above the judges head' to the appeals court. Not everyone wants to use the same lawyer that just lost to do their appeal. 14 days to get new counsel, get them to understand your case, all while going through the process of being shipped to your final place of incarceration actually is reasonable, what was I thinking?
After spending $250,000 on a trial, getting resources together while in prison to try and appeal should totally just take 14 days. (lawyers, funnily, ask for a pretty large chunk up front).
Processing a judge's ruling and trying to see if you have grounds for an appeal that has a chance of success is super simple stuff. It's not like the law is complicated nor that lawyers have multiple clients and ongoing other cases.
Sorry guys, I was wrong, a 14 day expiration date on Constitutional rights that has been changed from the long standing previous 'unlimited' is actually totally reasonable. Also, the government getting 30 days (because obviously they are less completant and have less resources with only the full weight of the United States Government behind them) is also reasonable.
My bad.