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Parties Involved:
Austin Ray
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.

AUSTIN RAY, 

 Defendant - Appellant.

No. 15-1317

(D.C. No. 1:14-CR-00147-MSK-2)

(D. Colo.)

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ORDER

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Before TYMKOVICH, PHILLIPS, and McHUGH, Circuit Judges.

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Austin Ray seeks to appeal the pretrial detention order entered in his criminal case 

on April 25, 2014. The criminal proceedings are ongoing and Mr. Ray is proceeding pro 

se before the district court with standby counsel. Mr. Ray filed his pro se notice of 

appeal from the detention order on August 31, 2015.

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

within 14 days after entry of the order being appealed. Fed. R. App. P. 4(b)(1)(A). The 

timely filing of a notice of appeal by the defendant is an inflexible claim-processing rule 

that may be forfeited if not properly raised by the government. United States v. Garduño, 

506 F.3d 1287, 1290-91 (10th Cir. 2007). However, because Rule 4(b) implicates 

important judicial interests beyond those of the parties, the court may raise the time bar 

sua sponte in certain circumstances. United States v. Mitchell, 518 F.3d 740, 750 (10th 

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

September 10, 2015

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

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Cir 2008). This power is limited and should not be invoked unless judicial resources and 

administration are implicated and the delay has been inordinate. Id.

Under the circumstances of this case, dismissal of this appeal as untimely is 

appropriate. Mr. Ray’s notice of appeal, filed more than sixteen months after the 

detention order was entered, was inordinately late. Accordingly, this appeal is 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: Jane K. Castro

 Counsel to the Clerk

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