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Parties Involved:
Jeffrey M. Davis
Appellant
Bill Ritter
Appellee
John Suthers
Appellee

Document Text:

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

February 26, 2010

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

JEFFREY M. DAVIS,

 Plaintiff - Appellant,

v. 

COLORADO ATTY. GEN. JOHN

SUTHERS; COLORADO

GOVERNOR BILL RITTER,

 Defendants - Appellees.

No. 10-1054

(D.C. No. 1:09-CV-02799-ZLW)

ORDER

Before BRISCOE, GORSUCH, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.

This court lacks jurisdiction over this appeal because the notice of appeal

was filed out-of-time. 

Judgment was entered on January 14, 2010, and the notice of appeal was

filed more than 30 days later, on February 22.

In a civil case, in which the United States is not a party, a notice of appeal

must be filed within 30 days of entry of judgment. See 28 U.S.C. § 2107(a) (a

notice of appeal in a civil matter must be filed within 30 days of entry of

judgment unless the United States is a party); Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(A) (same).

Because a timely notice of appeal in a civil case is both mandatory and

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jurisdictional, see Bowles v. Russell, 551 U.S. 205, 209, 213 (2007), this appeal is

DISMISSED. 

Entered for the Court,

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk

Ellen Rich Reiter

Deputy Clerk/Jurisdictional Attorney

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