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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 

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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

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LAZARO AGUILAR, 

 Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF 

CORRECTIONS; COLORADO STATE 

PENITENTIARY, 

 Defendants - Appellees.

No. 16-1136

(D.C. No. 1:15-CV-01713-LTB)

(D. Colo.)

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ORDER

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Before BRISCOE, LUCERO, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.

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In a civil case in which the United States is not a party, a notice of appeal must be 

filed within 30 days of entry of the order being appealed. See 28 U.S.C. § 2107(a) 

(providing that a notice of appeal in a civil matter must be filed within 30 days of entry of 

judgment); Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(A) (same). 

This court does not have the discretion to allow an untimely notice of appeal; a 

timely notice of appeal in a civil case is both mandatory and jurisdictional. See Bowles v. 

Russell, 551 U.S. 205, 214 (2007). The district court dismissed the underlying case on 

January 28, 2016 and also entered separate judgment that day. Appellant filed a notice of 

appeal more than 30 days after the January 28, 2016 judgment. Appellant now asserts that 

he filed a motion requesting an extension of time to file an appeal in this court within 30 

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

June 3, 2016

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

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days of the January 28, 2016 judgment and that this court received but did not process the 

motion. However, Appellant previously acknowledged that this court advised him that 

there is no record of receipt of any motions from him in February, 2016. 

Because the notice of appeal is beyond Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure’s 

4(a)(1)(A)’s 30-day period, it is untimely, and the court lacks jurisdiction over this 

appeal.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

Entered for the Court

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk

by: Lindy Lucero Schaible

 Counsel to the Clerk

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