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Parties Involved:
Jonathan Lee Riches
Appellant
Carrie Underwood
Appellee

Document Text:

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

September 18, 2008

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

JONATHAN LEE RICHES, 

 Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

CARRIE UNDERWOOD, 

 Defendant - Appellee.

No. 08-6202

ORDER

Before MURPHY, HARTZ, and GORSUCH, Circuit Judges.

Plaintiff Jonathan Lee Riches appeals the district court’s order and judgment

dismissing his case for failure to make the partial filing fees payment. Because we are

without jurisdiction to consider this appeal, we dismiss it.

“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, a notice of appeal “must be filed with the district clerk within 30 days after the

judgment or order appealed from is entered.” Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(A). Although Mr.

Riches is proceeding pro se, he still must comply with the time requirements in the

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

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Here, the district court’s order and judgment were entered October 24, 2007. The

notice of appeal was not filed until September 15, 2008, nearly 10 months after the 30-

day deadline to file the notice of appeal passed. See Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(A). Because

the notice of appeal was filed untimely, this court lacks jurisdiction to consider the

appeal. Bowles v. Russell, 127 S. Ct. 2360, 2366-67 (2007); see also U.S. v. Garduño,

506 F.3d 1287, 1290 (10th Cir. 2007).

Accordingly, this appeal is DISMISSED.

Entered for the Court

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk

by: Lara Smith

Counsel to the Clerk

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