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Parties Involved:
Keith L. Crawford
Appellant
Derek Schmidt
Appellee
State of Kansas
Appellee

Document Text:

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

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KEITH L. CRAWFORD, 

 Petitioner - Appellant,

v.

STATE OF KANSAS; DEREK 

SCHMIDT, Attorney General of the State 

of Kansas,

 Respondents - Appellees.

No. 15-3316

(D.C. No. 5:13-CV-03164-SAC)

(D. Kan.)

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ORDER

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Before LUCERO, GORSUCH, and McHUGH, Circuit Judges.

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The court lacks jurisdiction over this appeal because the notice of appeal was filed 

out-of-time.

Judgment was entered in this civil case on September 1, 2015, and the notice of 

appeal was not filed until December 15, 2015, more than 30 days later.

In a civil case in which the United States is not a party, a notice of appeal must be 

filed within 30 days of entry of the order being appealed. See 28 U.S.C. § 2107(a) 

(providing that a notice of appeal in a civil matter must be filed within 30 days of entry of 

judgment); Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(A) (same). A timely notice of appeal in a civil case is 

both mandatory and jurisdictional. See Bowles v. Russell, 551 U.S. 205, 214 (2007). 

Appellant’s response to the court’s December 18, 2015 show cause order does not 

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

January 6, 2016

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

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establish jurisdiction. Although courts construe a pro se litigant’s pleadings liberally, a 

litigant’s “pro se status does not excuse the obligation . . . to comply with the 

fundamental requirements of the Federal Rules of . . . Appellate Procedure.” Ogden v. 

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

Because the notice of appeal was filed beyond the 30-day limit, the court lacks 

jurisdiction over this appeal.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

Entered for the Court

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk

by: Lindy Lucero Schaible

 Counsel to the Clerk

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