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Parties Involved:
Carl L. Lester
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

August 16, 2010

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

 Plaintiff - Appellee, 

v. 

CARL L. LESTER, 

 Defendant - Appellant.

No. 10-3160

 (D.C. No. 5:09-CR-40074-SAC-1)

 (D. Kan.)

ORDER

Before KELLY, O’BRIEN, and TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges.

Defendant Carl Lester, proceeding pro se, appeals the district court’s March 22, 2010

Judgment entered in his criminal case.

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

appeal in this criminal case expired on April 5, 2010. Defendant filed a pro se notice of

appeal on July 6, 2010, which was well beyond the fourteen-day deadline. Although noncompliance with the time limit in Rule 4(b)(1)(A) is not considered jurisdictional, the United

States has properly raised the timeliness issue by filing a motion to dismiss and has requested

dismissal of the appeal. “[T]he time bar in Rule 4(b) must be enforced by this court when

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properly invoked by the government.” United States v. Mitchell, 518 F.3d 740, 744 (10th

Cir. 2008) (quoting United States v. Garduno, 506 F.3d 1287, 1290-91 (10th Cir.2007)).

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

withdraw by Defendant’s counsel is GRANTED. The request for appointment of substitute

counsel is DENIED. The appeal is DISMISSED.

Entered for the Court,

Elisabeth A. Shumaker, Clerk

Kathleen T. Clifford

Attorney - Deputy Clerk

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