to alter or amend under Rule 59(e) (Rule 59(e) motions are required to be filed within ten days of entry of the judgment) and, in case the court granted the motion for untimely filing, she included the motion to alter or amend and her arguments on the merits. 2 . For its authority to consider Susan’s claim of "unusual circumstances,” the Bankruptcy Court relied on the judicially-created doctrine pursuant to which a court may allow the filing of an untimely notice of appeal, where the filing is untimely because of reasonable reliance on the erroneous actions of the court. We do not decide whether this doctrine is applicable to an untimely Rule 59(e) motion to alter or amend a judgment. Cf. Thompson v. INS, 375 U.S. 384, 387, 84 S.Ct. 397, 398-99, 11 L.Ed.2d 404 (1964) (per curiam) (<HOLDING>); Ostemeck v. Ernst & Whinney, 489 U.S. 169,
holding complaint made first in amended motion for new trial when juvenile had notice of the issue before trial and during both phases was untimely holding that notice of appeal was not effectively taken where appeal was filed simultaneously with timely motion for reconsideration because when timely motion for reconsideration is filed a notice of appeal filed prior to disposition of the motion to reconsider has no effect holding that a district court may not construe an untimely notice of appeal as a motion for extension of time holding that an untimely postjudgment motion does not toll the time for filing a notice of appeal and that this court has no jurisdiction over an untimely filed appeal holding that lower courts representation that rule 519b motion for new trial was timely when it was not constituted unique circumstances to excuse untimely notice of appeal