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Parties Involved:
Engineer's Office Land Use Administrator
Appellee
Chris Johnson
Appellee
Jim Navarro
Appellant
Michael L. Nicklos
Appellee
Otero County Commissioner's Office
Appellee
Glenda Singleton
Appellee

Document Text:

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

January 3, 2011

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

JIM NAVARRO,

 Plaintiff - Appellant,

v. 

OTERO COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S

OFFICE; MICHAEL L. NICKLOS,

Attorney at Law; ENGINEER'S OFFICE

LAND USE ADMINISTRATOR;

GLENDA SINGLETON, Court

Employee; CHRIS JOHNSON, Otero

County Sheriff's Office,

 Defendants - Appellees.

 

No. 10-1563

(D.C. No. 1:10-CV-01390-ZLW)

ORDER

Before KELLY, HARTZ, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.

On July 23, 2010 the district court entered an order and separate judgment

dismissing Plaintiff Jim Navarro’s civil right action for failure to cure deficiencies within

the time allowed. Plaintiff, proceeding pro se, appeals. We dismiss for lack of

jurisdiction. The notice of appeal is untimely.

The time limit for filing a notice of appeal in a civil case is “mandatory and

jurisdictional.” Bowles v. Russell, 551 U.S. 205, 214 (2007). Pro se appellants must

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comply with the requirements of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure that govern all

litigants. See Ogden v. San Juan County, 32 F.3d 452, 455 (10th Cir. 1994).

The thirty-day deadline under Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(A) for filing a timely notice

of appeal in this civil case expired on Monday, August 23, 2010. See Fed. R. App. P.

26(a)(1)(C). Plaintiff’s notice of appeal was filed on December 10, 2010, which was 109

days past the thirty-day filing deadline. Plaintiff did not seek an extension of time in the

district court to file an appeal under Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(5), which deadline expired on

September 22, 2010. This court may not extend the time to file an appeal. See Brumark

Corp. v. Samson Resources Corp., 57 F.3d 941, 949 (10th Cir. 1995). Plaintiff’s notice

of appeal is untimely.

Accordingly, the appeal is DISMISSED for lack of appellate jurisdiction. 

Entered for the Court,

Elisabeth A. Shumaker, Clerk

Kathleen T. Clifford

Attorney - Deputy Clerk

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