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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

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CURTIS LEON SMALL, 

 Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

ADAMS HEIGHTS MANUFACTURED 

HOME PARK, LLC, 

 Defendant - Appellee.

No. 15-3207

(D.C. No. 5:13-CV-03143-SAC)

(D. Kan.)

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ORDER

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Before KELLY, MATHESON, and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges.

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We raise sua sponte the question of whether this court has jurisdiction to consider 

this appeal. Curtis Leon Small seeks to appeal the district court’s dismissal of his civil 

rights suit for failure to state a claim. The district court dismissed the case and entered 

judgment on November 20, 2013. Mr. Small filed his notice of appeal nearly two years 

later, on August 20, 2015.

The timely filing of a notice of appeal is both mandatory and jurisdictional. 

Bowles v. Russell, 551 U.S. 205, 214 (2007). The notice of appeal in a civil case “must 

be filed with the district clerk within 30 days after entry of the judgment or order 

appealed from.” Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(A). 

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

September 11, 2015

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

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Mr. Small’s notice of appeal, filed more than 30 days after entry of judgment, is 

untimely. Accordingly, this appeal is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.

Entered for the Court

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk

by: Jane K. Castro

 Counsel to the Clerk

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