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Parties Involved:
Dale Warner P.L.L.C.
Appellee
Does 1 - 10
Appellee
Erica Parks Law Firm, PLLC
Appellee
Chandler Moxley
Appellee
Moxley Law Firm, PLLC
Appellee
Erica Parks
Appellee
Linh Tran Stephens
Appellant
Tamera A. Childers, PLLC
Appellee
Dale Warner
Appellee

Document Text:

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

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LINH TRAN STEPHENS, 

 Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

ERICA PARKS; DALE WARNER; 

CHANDLER MOXLEY; ERICA PARKS 

LAW FIRM, PLLC; DALE WARNER 

P.L.L.C.; TAMERA A. CHILDERS, 

PLLC; MOXLEY LAW FIRM, PLLC; 

DOES 1 - 10, 

 Defendants - Appellees.

No. 24-5138

(D.C. No. 4:24-CV-00259-GKF-MTS)

(N.D. Okla.)

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ORDER

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Before BACHARACH, MORITZ, and EID, Circuit Judges.

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Pro se plaintiff Linh Tran Stephens appeals the district court’s order and separate 

judgment dismissing the underlying civil case. The notice of appeal was filed after the 

deadline passed, however. Consequently, we conclude this court lacks jurisdiction to

consider the appeal and dismiss it. Amazon, Inc. v. Dirt Camp, Inc., 273 F.3d 1271, 1274 

(10th Cir. 2001) (“[W]e have an independent duty to examine our own jurisdiction.”).

In a civil case like this one, a notice of appeal “must be filed with the district clerk 

within 30 days after entry of the judgment or order appealed from.” 28 U.S.C. § 2107(a); 

Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(A). “A timely notice of appeal is both mandatory and 

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

December 5, 2024

Christopher M. Wolpert

Clerk of Court

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jurisdictional.” Allender v. Raytheon Aircraft Co., 439 F.3d 1236, 1239 (10th Cir. 2006) 

(quotation omitted). Although Ms. Stephens does not have an attorney, she must comply 

with procedural timeliness requirements the same as any other litigant. Ogden v. San 

Juan County, 32 F.3d 452, 455 (10th Cir. 1994).

In this case, the district court’s final judgment was entered July 9, 2024. To be 

timely, the notice of appeal had to be filed by August 8, 2024. Ms. Stephens did not file 

the notice of appeal until November 26, 2024, 110 days after the deadline to appeal the 

judgment passed. This court has no authority to ignore or make exceptions to the 

jurisdictional requirement to file a timely notice of appeal. Bowles v. Russell, 551 U.S. 

205, 214 (2007). So, “[t]he time limit has run[,] and we are without jurisdiction under the 

facts of this case.” Jenkins v. Burtzloff, 69 F.3d 460, 464 (10th Cir. 1995).

APPEAL DISMISSED.

Entered for the Court

CHRISTOPHER M. WOLPERT, Clerk

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