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Parties Involved:
Eugene Isiah Roberts
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

 Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

EUGENE ISIAH ROBERTS, 

 Defendant - Appellant.

No. 14-6200

(D.C. No. 5:02-CR-00070-D-1)

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ORDER

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Before LUCERO, HARTZ, and TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges.

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Pro se defendant Eugene Roberts appeals the district court’s order denying his 

2014 post-conviction motion attempting to amend a 2002 motion filed in connection with 

his criminal prosecution. The government filed a motion to dismiss the appeal because 

the notice of appeal was not filed timely. The defendant was provided an opportunity to 

respond to the motion to dismiss, but did not personally submit a response. Upon 

consideration, the government’s motion to dismiss is granted.

A notice of appeal from an order entered in a criminal case must be filed within 14 

days after entry of the order being appealed. Fed. R. App. P. 4(b)(1)(A)(i). The 

timeliness requirement of Rule 4(b) is an inflexible claim processing rule. United States 

v. Garduño, 506 F.3d 1287, 1290-91 (10th Cir. 2007). Although the defendant is 

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

January 7, 2015

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

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

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

In this case, the order denying the post-conviction motion was entered September 

22, 2014. The deadline to file a notice of appeal from the judgment was October 6, 2014. 

The notice of appeal was not filed until October 14, 2014, eight days after the filing 

deadline expired.

The government has filed a motion correctly arguing that the notice of appeal was 

untimely filed. The defendant has personally not submitted any argument to the contrary, 

nor can we conceive of any. Accordingly, the government’s motion to dismiss the appeal 

must be granted. United States v. Mitchell, 518 F.3d 740, 744 (10th Cir. 2008) (“[T]he 

time bar in Rule 4(b) must be enforced by this court when properly invoked by the 

government.” (citing Garduño, 506 F.3d at 1290-91)).

APPEAL DISMISSED.

Entered for the Court

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk

by: Lara Smith

 Counsel to the Clerk

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