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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-10884

TED RADCLIFFE,

Petitioner-Appellant

v.

WILLIAM STEPHENS, DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL 

JUSTICE, CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS DIVISION,

Respondent-Appellee

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Northern District of Texas

USDC No. 7:12-CV-172

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SMITH, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Ted Radcliffe, Texas prisoner # 707962, requests a certificate of 

appealability (COA) to appeal the district court’s dismissal, as time-barred, of 

his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition, which he filed to challenge his disciplinary 

conviction for threatening to escape. Radcliffe has also filed a motion for 

judicial notice.

 

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not 

be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH 

CIR. R. 47.5.4.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

September 24, 2015

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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“This Court must examine the basis of its jurisdiction, on its own motion, 

if necessary.” Mosley v. Cozby, 813 F.2d 659, 660 (5th Cir.1987). “[T]he timely 

filing of a notice of appeal in a civil case is a jurisdictional requirement.” 

Bowles v. Russell, 551 U.S. 205, 214 (2007). Radcliffe’s motion for an extension 

of time to file a COA motion was not “the ‘functional equivalent’” of a notice of 

appeal. See Bailey v. Cain, 609 F.3d 763, 765-67 (5th Cir. 2010); FED. R. APP. 

P. 3(c)(1). Because Radcliffe did not file a timely notice of appeal, his appeal is 

dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. See Bowles, 551 U.S. at 214.

COA DENIED; APPEAL DISMISSED.

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