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Parties Involved:
Enrique Martinez-Flores
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.

ENRIQUE MARTINEZ-FLORES, a/k/a 

Mario Gomez, a/k/a Ricky Gomez, a/k/a 

Ricky Martinez, 

 Defendant - Appellant.

No. 17-6009

(D.C. No. 5:15-CR-00240-HE-1)

(W.D. Okla.)

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ORDER

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Before TYMKOVICH, Chief Judge, KELLY and LUCERO, Circuit Judges.

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Appellant Enrique Martinez-Flores seeks review of the judgment entered in his 

criminal case on March 11, 2016. Mr. Martinez-Flores filed his pro se notice of appeal on 

January 12, 2017.

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 being appealed. Fed. R. App. P. 4(b)(1)(A)(i). 

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 

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

January 23, 2017

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

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(10th 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. Martinez-Flores’s notice of appeal, filed approximately ten months after 

the judgment was entered, is inordinately late. Accordingly, this appeal is dismissed.

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

APPEAL DISMISSED.

Entered for the Court

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk

by: Lindy Lucero Schaible

 Counsel to the Clerk

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