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Parties Involved:
George David Gordon
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

April 2, 2010

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff - Appellee, 

v. 

GEORGE DAVID GORDON, 

Defendant - Appellant.

No. 10-5026

(D.C. No. 4:09-CR-00013-JHP-1)

ORDER

Before KELLY, BRISCOE, and GORSUCH, Circuit Judges.

The government’s motion to dismiss this appeal as untimely is GRANTED. 

The order being appealed was entered on February 8, 2010, and the notice of

appeal was filed more than 14 days later on March 5. 

In a criminal appeal, the defendant’s notice of appeal is to be filed within

14 days of entry of judgment. See Fed. R. App. P. 4(b)(1)(A). This rule is an

“inflexible claim-processing rule[], which unlike a jurisdictional rule, may be

forfeited if not properly raised by the government.” United States v. Garduno,

506 F.3d 1287, 1291 (10th Cir. 2007) (internal quotation omitted). 

We determine that the government properly raised the issue in its motion to

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dismiss. “Because the government timely objected to [the defendant’s] late notice

of appeal, this court is bound to dismiss the appeal.” Id. at 1292.

APPEAL DISMISSED. The defendant’s motion to stay the trial is

DENIED.

Entered for the Court

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk

Ellen Rich Reiter

Deputy Clerk/Jurisdictional Attorney

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