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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ROBERT C. TURNER, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

JENNIFER BARRETTO, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:16-cv-1539 MCE AC P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 

U.S.C. § 1983. ECF No. 1. The complaint was dismissed without leave to amend for failure to 

state a claim upon which relief could be granted (ECF Nos. 7, 10) and judgment was entered on 

September 2, 2016 (ECF No. 11). Presently before the court is plaintiff’s request to file a late 

notice of appeal and notice of appeal. ECF No. 12. 

Pursuant to the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, plaintiff had until October 3, 2016,1

to file a notice of appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(A) (notice of appeal must be filed with the 

district court within thirty days of the entry of judgment). Plaintiff filed a notice of appeal on 

October 7, 2016.2 ECF No. 12. Plaintiff acknowledges that his notice of appeal was not filed 

 

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 October 2, 2016, fell on a Sunday. 

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 Pursuant to the prison mailbox rule a document is deemed filed on the date a prisoner signs the 

document and gives it to prison officials for mailing. See Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266 (1988). 

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within the thirty days after the entry of judgment, and requests that his late appeal be accepted 

because he was placed in medical isolation for approximately one week due to possible 

tuberculosis exposure. ECF No. 12. 

 While plaintiff did not file a notice of appeal within the time provided for by Rule 4(a)(1), 

Rule 4(a)(5) provides that if the party moves to extend the time to file an appeal within 30 days 

after the time to file a notice of appeal has expired and shows excusable neglect or good cause, 

the district court may extend the time to file a notice of appeal. Because plaintiff filed his request 

and notice of appeal less than thirty days after the time to file a notice of appeal expired and 

showed good cause by explaining he had been in medical isolation, the court will grant the 

request for late filing and the notice of appeal is deemed timely.3 

 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. Plaintiff’s request for leave to file a late notice of appeal (ECF No. 12) is granted and 

the notice of appeal is deemed timely. 

2. The Clerk of Court is directed to serve a courtesy copy of this order on the Clerk of 

Court for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. 

DATED: October 28, 2016 

 

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 Rule 4(a)(5)(B) requires that notice be given to other parties when the motion is filed outside 

the original thirty-day filing period. However, no defendants were served in this case because the 

complaint was dismissed for failure to state a claim so there were no other parties to notify of the 

motion. 

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