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Parties Involved:
Robert Turner
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

 Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

ROBERT TURNER, 

 Defendant - Appellant.

No. 16-3076

(D.C. No. 6:99-CR-10023-JTM-4)

(D. Kan.)

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ORDER

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Before BRISCOE, HOLMES, and BACHARACH, Circuit Judges.

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This matter is before the court on Appellant’s Motion for Leave to Proceed on 

Appeal Without Prepayment of Costs or Fees (IFP motion) and Appellee’s Motion to 

Dismiss Appeal. 

Appellant’s IFP motion is granted.

Appellant was directed to file a response to the Motion to Dismiss, but failed to do 

so. Upon consideration, the appeal is dismissed as untimely.

The order being appealed was entered on February 16, 2016, and the notice of 

appeal was filed in April, 2016.

In a criminal case, a defendant’s notice of appeal must be filed in the district court 

within 14 days after entry of the judgment or the order being appealed. Fed. R. App. P. 

4(b)(1)(A). This rule is an “inflexible claim-processing rule[], which unlike a 

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

August 19, 2016

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

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jurisdictional rule, may be forfeited if not properly raised by the government.” United 

States v. Garduño, 506 F.3d 1287, 1291 (10th Cir. 2007). 

However, “[b]ecause the government timely objected to [Appellant’s] late notice 

of appeal, this court is bound to dismiss the appeal.” Id. at 1292. Accordingly, Appellee’s 

Motion to Dismiss Appeal is GRANTED. 

APPEAL DISMISSED. 

A copy of this order shall stand as and for the mandate of the court.

Entered for the Court

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk

by: Lindy Lucero Schaible

 Counsel to the Clerk

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