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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 

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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS u . F I L E D 

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT nited Stat.es Court of A 

Tenth Circuit PI>eals 

MAR O 71989 

DOUGLAS RUBINS, } 

ROBERT L. HOECKER } 

Petitioner-Appellant, } 

} Clerk 

v. } No. 88-2797 

} (D.C. No. 86-M-163} 

WARREN T. DIESSLIN, } (D. Colo.} 

} 

Respondent-Appellee. } 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

Before MCKAY, LOGAN, and BRORBY, Circuit Judges. 

After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel 

has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially 

assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 

34(a}; 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. 

submitted without oral argument. 

The cause is therefore ordered 

This is an appeal from an order of the district court entered 

August 11, 1986. Petitioner's notice of appeal was filed 

October 10, 1988. It appears that a previous appeal from the 

district court's order (case No. 86-2335} was dismissed following 

the denial of a certificate of probable cause. 

*This order and judgment has no precedential value and shall not 

be cited, or used by any court within the Tenth Circuit, except 

for purposes of establishing the doctrines of the law of the case, 

res judicata, or collateral estoppel. 10th Cir. R. 36.3. 

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The threshold question in this appeal is whether petitionerappellant's notice of appeal was filed within the thirty-day 

appeal period allowed by 28 u.s.c. S 2107 and Fed. R. App. P. 

4(a)(l). It is well settled that a timely notice of appeal is 

essential to appellate jurisdiction. See Browder v. Director, 

Dep't of Corrections, 434 U.S. 257 (1978). In this case, 

petitioner's notice of appeal was conspicuously out of time. 

Accordingly, we conclude that this court is without jurisdiction. 

The appeal is DISMISSED. In view of the disposition of the 

appeal, petitioner's "application for writ of habeas corpus" 

directed to this court is denied as moot. 

The mandate shall issue forthwith. 

ENTERED FOR THE COURT 

PER CURIAM 

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