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Parties Involved:
John Charles Fletcher
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

January 4, 2010

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

 Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

JOHN CHARLES FLETCHER, 

 Defendant - Appellant. 

No. 09-6265

(D.C. No. 5:09-CR-00021-M-1)

ORDER

Before TACHA, TYMKOVICH, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.

Defendant John Fletcher appeals the district court’s July 23, 2009 interlocutory order

entered in his criminal case that denied his motion to dismiss for denial of speedy trial.

Under Fed. R. App. P. 4(b)(1)(A)(i), the ten-day deadline for filing a notice of appeal

in this criminal case expired on August 6, 2009. Defendant filed a pro se notice of appeal

in the district court on November 17, 2009, which was well beyond the ten-day deadline.

Although non-compliance with the time limit in Rule 4(b)(1)(A)(i) is not jurisdictional, the

United States has properly raised the timeliness issue by filing a motion to dismiss. See

United States v. Garduno, 506 F.3d 1287, 1290-91 (10th Cir. 2007); see also United States

v. deShazer, 451 F.3d 1221, 1222 (10th Cir. 2006) (appellate court lacks jurisdiction to

review interlocutory orders of district court refusing to dismiss indictments on speedy trial

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grounds).

Accordingly, the United States’ motion to dismiss is GRANTED. The appeal is

DISMISSED. All pending motions are DENIED.

Entered for the Court,

Elisabeth A. Shumaker, Clerk

Kathleen T. Clifford

Attorney - Deputy Clerk

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