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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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CHARLES A. NIEDERSTADT, 

 Plaintiff - Appellant, 

v. 

FNU WOLF; FNU LACKEY; SEAN 

MCGARRY, 

 Defendants - Appellees. 

No. 15-2046 

(D.C. No. 2:13-CV-00283-JAP-SCY) 

(D. N.M.) 

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ORDER

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Before BRISCOE, Chief Judge, HARTZ, and McHUGH, Circuit Judges. 

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The court lacks jurisdiction over this appeal because the notice of appeal was filed 

out-of-time. 

Judgment was entered in this civil case on January 6, 2015, and the notice of 

appeal was not filed until March 11, 2015, more than 30 days later. 

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). A timely notice of appeal in a civil case is 

both mandatory and jurisdictional. See Bowles v. Russell, 551 U.S. 205, 214 (2007). 

Appellant’s response to the court’s March 18, 2015 show cause order does not establish 

FILED 

United States Court of Appeals 

Tenth Circuit 

April 13, 2015

Elisabeth A. Shumaker 

Clerk of Court

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jurisdiction. Although courts construe a pro se litigant’s pleadings liberally, a litigant’s 

“pro se status does not excuse the obligation . . . to comply with the fundamental 

requirements of the Federal Rules of . . . Appellate Procedure.” Ogden v. San Juan Cnty., 

32 F.3d 452, 455 (10th Cir. 1994). 

Because the notice of appeal was filed beyond the 30-day limit, 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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