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Parties Involved:
United States of America
Appellee
Michael Dean Wheeler Jr.
Appellant

Document Text:

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff - Appellee,

 v. 

MICHAEL DEAN WHEELER JR., 

 Defendant - Appellant.

No. 07-8089

(D.C. No. 2:06-CR-00116-ABJ)

(D. of Wyoming)

ORDER

Before TACHA, KELLY, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.

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

the notice of appeal is untimely. Upon consideration thereof, the motion is granted.

The defendant filed a notice of appeal forty-one days after entry of judgment.

Under Fed. R. App. P. 4(b)(1) the notice was due 10 days after entry of judgment.

Although a timely notice of appeal in a criminal case is not jurisdictional, see

United States v. Garduno, 506 F.3d 1287, 1290-91 (10th Cir. 2007), where “the

government timely object[s] to [the defendant’s] late notice of appeal, this court is

bound to dismiss the appeal.” Id. at 1292. 

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Accordingly, this appeal is DISMISSED. This order shall stand as and for the

mandate of this court.

Entered for the Court

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk

Ellen Rich Reiter

Deputy Clerk/Jurisdictional Attorney

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