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Nature of Suit Code: 510
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Vacate Sentence
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

 Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

EDDIE JOE REZA, 

 Defendant - Appellant.

No. 16-2096

(D.C. Nos. 1:15-CV-00984-JAP-LAM & 

2:10-CR-02135-JAP-1)

(D. N.M.)

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ORDER

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Before MATHESON, BACHARACH, and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges.

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

this appeal. 

In a civil case in which the United States is a party, a notice of appeal must be 

filed within 60 days of entry of the order being appealed. See 28 U.S.C. § 2107(b); Fed. 

R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(B). 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 entered final judgment on January 22, 2016. Appellant’s May 9, 

2016 notice of appeal is beyond Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure’s 4(a)(1)(B)’s sixtyday time frame. Appellant’s pro se status “does not excuse the obligation . . . to comply 

with the fundamental requirements of the Federal Rules of . . . Appellate Procedure.” 

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

June 27, 2016

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

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Ogden v. San Juan Cty., 32 F.3d 452, 455 (10th Cir. 1994). Additionally, Appellant did 

not seek an extension of time in the district court, nor could he obtain one now. See Fed. 

R. App. P. 4(a)(5). 

Because the notice of appeal was filed beyond the sixty-day time frame, 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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