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Nature of Suit Code: 540
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Mandamus and Other
Cause of Action: 

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FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

January 30, 2008

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

JOHNETTA LAVONNE ROWE,

 Petitioner - Appellant,

v.

STATE OF OKLAHOMA,

 Defendant - Appellee.

No. 08-6021

(D.C. No. 5:07-CV-00336-C)

ORDER

Before KELLY, LUCERO, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

In the federal district court proceeding underlying this appeal, Johnetta Rowe filed

a complaint styled as an “Application for a Writ of Mandamus.” The application sought,

among other things, an order compelling an Oklahoma state court to do certain things. 

Doc. 1. A magistrate judge recommended that the case be dismissed for lack of

jurisdiction. Doc. 13. No timely objection was made and the case was dismissed on June

26, 2007. Doc. 14. Judgment was entered that same day. Doc. 15. A late motion asking

for an extension of time to file objections to the magistrate’s recommendation was

stricken as moot. Docs. 16, 17.

On January 14, 2008, Ms. Rowe filed a Notice of Appeal from the judgment

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entered against her. Doc. 18.

The appeal is subject to dismissal because Ms. Rowe made no timely objection to

the magistrate judge’s recommendation. See In re: Key Energy Resources, Inc., 230 F.3d

1197, 1199-1200 (10th Cir. 2000); Moore v. United States, 950 F.2d 656, 659 (10th Cir.

1991). 

However, we need not consider that problem because the notice of appeal was not

filed timely. The district court dismissed the case and entered judgment on June 26,

2007. A notice of appeal was accordingly due on or before July 26, 2007 by operation of

Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(a) (30 day requirement on a notice of appeal).

The notice of appeal in this case was not filed until January 14, 2008, over five

months late. The timely filing of a notice of appeal in a case of this nature is

jurisdictional. Bowles v. Russell, 127 S.Ct. 2360 (2007). We lack jurisdiction to

consider an appeal of the district court’s judgment. Accordingly, this appeal is dismissed. 

Entered for the Court

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER

Clerk of Court

by:

Douglas E. Cressler

Chief Deputy Clerk

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