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Parties Involved:
ADX Florence
Appellee
Hassan Abu-Jihaad
Appellee
Noshir Gowadia
Appellee
Paul Harvey
Appellee
Jonathan Lee Riches
Appellant

Document Text:

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

August 20, 2010

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

JONATHAN LEE RICHES, a/k/a

Kwame Kilpatrick,

 Plaintiff - Appellant,

v. 

NOSHIR GOWADIA; HASSAN

ABU-JIHAAD; PAUL HARVEY;

ADX FLORENCE,

 Defendants - Appellees.

No. 10-1376

(D.C. No. 1:09-CV-00742-ZLW)

ORDER

Before LUCERO, TYMKOVICH, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.

Plaintiff Jonathan Lee Riches appeals the district court’s May 18, 2009

order and final judgment dismissing his § 2241 petition. Because this court lacks

jurisdiction, we dismiss the appeal.

“A timely notice of appeal is both mandatory and jurisdictional.” Allender

v. Raytheon Aircraft Co., 439 F.3d 1236, 1239 (10th Cir. 2006) (quotation

omitted). In a civil case in which the United States or its officer or agent is a

party, a notice of appeal must be filed within 60 days after the judgment or order

appealed from is entered. Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(B). Although Mr. Riches is

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proceeding pro se, he must comply with the same procedural requirements that

govern other litigants. Kay v. Bemis, 500 F.3d 1214, 1218 (10th Cir. 2007);

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

In this case, the district court’s order and final judgment were entered May

18, 2009. To be timely, the notice of appeal must have been filed by July 17,

2009. The notice was not filed until August 16, 2010, more than one year after

the deadline passed. The United States Supreme Court has made clear that

federal courts “ha[ve] no authority to create equitable exceptions to jurisdictional

requirements.” Bowles v. Russell, 551 U.S. 205, 214 (2007). As a result, this

substantially untimely appeal cannot be saved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

Entered for the Court,

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk

by: Lara Smith

Counsel to the Clerk

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