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Parties Involved:
Alan Nowlin
Appellant
Greg Provence
Appellee

Document Text:

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

June 10, 2008

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

ALAN NOWLIN,

 Petitioner - Appellant,

v. 

GREG PROVENCE, Warden,

 Respondent - Appellee.

No. 08-7044

(D.C. No. 6:04-CV-00228-RAW-KEW)

ORDER

Before BRISCOE, O’BRIEN, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.

Alan Nowlin, proceeding pro se, appeals the district court’s order adopting the

magistrate judge’s report and recommendation and dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas

petition. Final judgment was entered by the district court on September 17, 2007.

Pro se appellants must comply with the requirements of the Federal Rules of

Appellate Procedure that govern all litigants. See Ogden v. San Juan County, 32 F.3d 452,

455 (10th Cir. 1994). The thirty-day deadline under Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(A) for the filing

of a timely notice of appeal in this case expired on October 17, 2007. Petitioner’s notice of

appeal was filed on May 5, 2008, which was 201 days past the thirty-day filing deadline.

See Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(6) [Reopening the Time to File an Appeal].

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Compliance with filing requirements is “mandatory and jurisdictional.” Bowles v.

Russell, 127 S.Ct. 2360, 2363 (2007). Petitioner’s notice of appeal is untimely.

This appeal is DISMISSED for lack of appellate jurisdiction.

Entered for the Court,

Elisabeth A. Shumaker, Clerk

Kathleen T. Clifford

Attorney - Deputy Clerk

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