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Nature of Suit Code: 422
Nature of Suit: Bankruptcy Appeals Rule 28 USC 158
Cause of Action: 28:0158 Notice of Appeal re Bankruptcy Matter (BAP)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Brenda K. Narada; Ty Estes Narada,

Appellants, 

v. 

Social Security Administration, 

Appellee.

No. CV12-8188 PCT DGC

ORDER 

 Before the Court is the motion to dismiss filed by Appellants Brenda Narada and 

Ty Narada. Doc. 5. Appellee Social Security Administration filed a response. Doc. 7. 

The Parties have not requested oral argument. For the reasons stated below, the Court 

will dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. 

I. Background.

 Appellants filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy. In re Narada, No. 2:10-bk-06136-

RTBP, Doc. 1 (Bankr. D. Ariz. Mar. 10, 2012). Appellee filed an adversary complaint 

objecting to the discharge of a debt owed to it. United States v. Narada, No. 2:10-ap01163-RTBP, Doc. 1 (Bankr. D. Ariz. Nov. 26, 2010). 

 On April 18, 2012, Appellee filed a motion for summary judgment in the 

bankruptcy court (id., Doc. 57), which the court granted on August 21, 2012 (id., 

Doc. 69). Appellants filed a notice of appeal on August 29, 2012. Id., Doc. 71. The 

Clerk of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (“BAP”) issued an order indicating that the 

appeal was filed prior to entry of a separate and final judgment. Id., Doc. 75. That order 

required Appellants to file, by September 28, 2012, “a written response either 

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1) explaining how the order on appeal is final and immediately reviewable; 

2) demonstrating what steps appellant is taking to expeditiously obtain a final order; or 

3) moving for leave to appeal.” Id. Appellee filed a statement electing to have the appeal 

transferred to District Court (id., Doc. 78), and the Court received the appeal on 

September 18, 2012. Doc. 2. The BAP closed the case that same day. Doc. 7-2. 

 Appellants filed a motion to obtain final order with the bankruptcy court on 

September 19, 2012. Narada, No. 2:10-ap-01163-RTBP, Doc. 80 (Bankr. D. Ariz. 

Nov. 26, 2012). Appellants then filed a motion to dismiss the adversary proceeding on 

November 9, 2012. Id., Doc. 86. 

 The bankruptcy court entered a final judgment in favor of Appellee on 

November 26, 2012. Id., Doc. 90. On January 18, 2012, the bankruptcy court denied 

Appellants’ motion to dismiss and advised the Parties that because final judgment had 

been entered, “this matter is moot and [] nothing is pending.” Id., Doc. 91. 

II. Discussion.

 “The provisions of Bankruptcy Rule 8002 are jurisdictional[.]” In re Mouradick, 

13 F.3d 326, 327 (9th Cir. 1994). The notice of appeal from a bankruptcy court decision 

must be filed within 14 days of the entry of judgment. Fed. R. Bankr. P. 8002(a). “[T]he 

untimely filing of a notice of appeal deprives the appellate court of jurisdiction to review 

the bankruptcy court’s order.” In re Mouradick, 13 F.3d at 327; see also In re Souza, 795 

F.2d 855, 857 (9th Cir. 1986). 

 Appellants failed to file a notice of appeal, or any document for that matter, within 

14 days of the bankruptcy court’s November 26, 2012, final judgment.1

 Accordingly, the 

Court lacks jurisdiction to review the bankruptcy court’s judgment. 

 Appellants’ August 29, 2012, notice of appeal was based on an interlocutory order 

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 Even if the Court were to construe Appellants’ motion to dismiss (Doc. 5) – the latest document Appellants filed with the Court – as Appellants’ opening brief, the appeal would be untimely because Appellants filed it more than two weeks before the 

bankruptcy court entered final judgment. See Narada, No. 2:10-ap-01163-RTBP, Doc. 90 (Bankr. D. Ariz. Nov. 26, 2012). 

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(see Narada, No. 2:10-ap-01163-RTBP, Docs. 69 & 75 (Bankr. D. Ariz. Nov. 26, 2012)), 

and Appellants did not file a Rule 8003 motion for leave to appeal under 28 U.S.C. 

 § 158(a) with the BAP or this Court.2

 The Court lacks jurisdiction to hear the appeal. 

 IT IS ORDERED: 

 1. The appeal is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. 

 2. The Clerk is directed to terminate this action. 

 Dated this 16th day of May, 2013. 

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 The memoranda filed by Appellants (Docs. 3 & 4) concern the merits of the 

appeal and not the jurisdictional issue. 

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