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Parties Involved:
Manuel Franco Hernandez
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.

MANUEL FRANCO HERNANDEZ, 

 Defendant - Appellant.

No. 15-4081

(D.C. No. 2:10-CR-00033-CW-1)

(D. Utah)

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ORDER

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Before BRISCOE, Chief Judge, HARTZ and BACHARACH, Circuit Judges.

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This matter is before the court on the government’s motion to dismiss this appeal 

because the notice of appeal is untimely.

The order being appealed was entered on March 6, 2015, and the notice of appeal 

was filed on June 1, 2015, almost three months later. 

In a criminal appeal, the defendant’s notice of appeal is to be filed within 14 days 

of entry of the order being appealed. See Fed. R. App. P. 4(b)(1)(A). This rule is an 

“inflexible claim-processing rule[], which unlike a jurisdictional rule, may be forfeited if 

not properly raised by the government.” United States v. Garduno, 506 F.3d 1287, 1291 

(10th Cir. 2007) (internal quotation omitted).

However, “[b]ecause the government timely objected to [the defendant’s] late 

notice of appeal, this court is bound to dismiss the appeal.” Id. at 1292. 

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

August 24, 2015

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

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The government’s motion to dismiss is GRANTED. 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: Ellen Rich Reiter

 Jurisdictional Attorney

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