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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983pr Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TYRONE ROGERS,

Plaintiff,

CASE NO. 11cv560-WQH-RBB

ORDER

v.

GJ GIURBINO, et al.,

Defendant.

HAYES, Judge: 

On March 21, 2011, Plaintiff Tyrone Rogers, a state prisoner proceeding pro se,

initiated this action by filing a complaint alleging various civil rights violations

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (ECF No. 1). On February 2, 2017, this Court issued an

Order denying Plaintiff’s motion for leave to file a fourth amended complaint and

closing the case. (ECF No. 157). A clerk’s judgment was entered on February 2, 2017. 

(ECF No. 158).

On May 12, 2017, Plaintiff filed a notice of appeal to the United States Court of

Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. (ECF No. 159). In the notice of appeal, Plaintiff states, 

Notice is hereby given that Tyrone Rogers, Plaintiff not Defendant above named, hereby appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from the Order (Plaintiff’s motion for leave to file a fourth

amended complaint) entered in this proceeding on the 02 day of February 2017 but not made know[n] to Plaintiff until May 4, 2017. Plaintiff also need[s] a copy of the February 2017 Order for his record. 

(ECF No. 159). 

On June 13, 2017, the Court of Appeals entered an Order stating,

A review of the record demonstrates that the May 12, 2017 notice

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of appeal was not filed or delivered to prison officials within 30 days after entry of the February 2, 2017 judgment. However, appellant’s notice of appeal contains a statement that he was not aware of the judgment until May 4, 2017. We construe appellant’s notice of appeal as including a timely request to reopen the time to appeal pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellant Procedure 4(a)(6) . . . . The district court has not had an

opportunity to rule on this request. Accordingly, this appeal is remanded to the district court for the limited purpose of allowing that court to rule

on appellant’s request to reopen the time to appeal contained in the May 12, 2017 notice of appeal.

(ECF No. 162). 

The Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure provide that a notice of appeal in a 

civil case must be filed with the district clerk within 30 days after an entry of judgment. 

Fed. R. App. P. 3, 4(a)(1). However, Rule 4(a)(6) of the Federal Rules of Appellate

Procedure provides: 

The district court may reopen the time to file an appeal for a period of 14 days after the date when its order to reopen is entered, but only if all of the following conditions are satisfied: (A) the court finds that the moving party did not receive notice

under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 77(d) of the entry of the

judgment or order sought to be appealed within 21 days after entry; (B) the motion is filed within 180 days after the judgment or order is entered or within 14 days after the moving party receives notice under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 77(d) of the entry, whichever is earlier; and 

(C) the court finds that no party would be prejudiced. 

Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(6).

Pursuant to this Order of the Court of Appeals, this Court construes Plaintiff’s

notice of appeal to contain a timely request to reopen the time to appeal pursuant to

Federal Rule of Appellant Procedure 4(a)(6). Based on the record before the Court, it

appears that Plaintiff did not receive notice of the Court’s February 2, 2017 Order until

May 4, 2017. The Court finds that Plaintiff did not receive notice of the entry of

judgment within 21 days after entry. Plaintiff’s motion and notice of appeal was filed

within 180 days after the Order and Judgment were entered. The Court finds that no

party would be prejudiced by reopening the time to file a notice of appeal. The Court

finds that the conditions of Rule 4(a)(6) are satisfied. 

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the motion to reopen time to file a notice of

appeal (See ECF Nos. 159, 162) is GRANTED. The Clerk of Court shall serve Plaintiff

with copies of the Court’s February 2, 2017 Order, (ECF No. 157), the Clerk’s

Judgment (ECF No. 158), and this Order. The Clerk of Court shall serve a copy of this

Order on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. 

DATED: June 19, 2017

WILLIAM Q. HAYES

United States District Judge

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