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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

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MARVIN G. NEFF; ALICE NEFF,

 Plaintiffs - Appellants,

v.

CHIEF NATE THOMPSON, individually;

OFFICER THERON FIELDING, 

individually; WILLARD CITY, a 

municipal corporation; TONY ALARID, 

individually and as agent for Wasatch 

Constables, L.C., a Utah limited liability 

company; DEPUTY AUSTIN 

BOWCUTT, individually and as agent for 

Box Elder County; OFFICER MICHAEL 

COLVIN, individually and as agent for 

Perry City Police Department of Perry 

City, a municipal corporation, 

 Defendants - Appellees.

No. 15-4052

(D.C. No. 1:11-CV-00157-RJS)

(D. Utah)

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ORDER

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Before KELLY, McHUGH, and MORITZ, Circuit Judges.

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

out-of-time. 

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 

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

May 12, 2015

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

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judgment); Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(A) (same). Judgment was entered in this civil case on 

September 30, 2014, and the notice of appeal was not filed until April 15, 2015.

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). Appellants’ response to the court’s April 22, 2015 

show cause order does not establish jurisdiction. The September 29, 2014 order was a 

final, appealable order. See Koch v. City of Del City, 660 F.3d 1228, 1236 (10th Cir. 

2011) (“Once the district court granted summary judgment as to all federal claims . . . and 

remanded the remaining state-law claims to state court, there was nothing left for the 

court to adjudicate. Its decision was thus final. . . .”). Separate judgment was entered on 

September 30, 2014, and Appellants’ April 15, 2015 notice of appeal is well beyond 

Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure’s 4(a)(1)(A)’s 30-day period. 

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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