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Parties Involved:
Derrick Jay Albers
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.

DERRICK JAY ALBERS, 

 Defendant - Appellant.

No. 16-6260

(D.C. No. 5:14-CR-00082-C-1)

(W.D. Okla.)

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ORDER

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Before HARTZ, PHILLIPS, and McHUGH, Circuit Judges.

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We raise sua sponte the question of whether this court has jurisdiction to consider 

this appeal. 

In a civil case in which the United States is a party, a notice of appeal must be 

filed within 60 days of entry of the order being appealed. See 28 U.S.C. § 2107(b); Fed. 

R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(B). This court does not have the discretion to allow an untimely notice 

of appeal; a timely notice of appeal in a civil case is both mandatory and jurisdictional. 

See Bowles v. Russell, 551 U.S. 205, 214 (2007). 

The district court entered final judgment on June 1, 2016. Mr. Albers’ August 29, 

2016 notice of appeal is beyond Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure’s 4(a)(1)(B)’s sixtyday time frame. Although Mr. Albers asserts that he filed a motion requesting an 

extension of time to file a motion pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 59(e), 

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

November 3, 2016

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

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the district court docket does not reflect that Mr. Albers filed such a motion. A late Rule 

59(e) motion does not toll the time to file a notice of appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 

4(a)(4)(A)(iv); Weitz v. Lovelace Health System, Inc., 214 F.3d 1175, 1181 (10th Cir. 

2000). Mr. Albers’ pro se status “does not excuse the obligation . . . to comply with the 

fundamental requirements of the Federal Rules of . . . Appellate Procedure.” Ogden v. 

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

Because the notice of appeal was filed beyond the sixty-day time frame, the court 

lacks jurisdiction over this appeal.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

Entered for the Court

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk

by: Lindy Lucero Schaible

 Counsel to the Clerk

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