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Parties Involved:
Ricardo Martize Adkins
Appellant
Dan Schnurr
Appellee

Document Text:

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

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RICARDO MARTIZE ADKINS, 

 Petitioner - Appellant,

v.

DAN SCHNURR, Warden, Hutchinson 

Correctional Facility, 

 Respondent - Appellee.

No. 19-3288

(D.C. No. 5:18-CV-03153-KHV)

(D. Kan.)

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ORDER

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Before HARTZ, MATHESON, and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges.

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Pro se Appellant Ricardo M. Adkins seeks review of an October 31, 2019 

memorandum and order denying his pro se 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition. The district court 

entered separate judgment on October 31, 2019. Mr. Adkins filed a notice of appeal on 

December 19, 2019. 

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 judgment or order being appealed. See 28 U.S.C. 

§ 2107(a); Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(A). 

The response filed by Mr. Adkins does not establish that his notice of appeal is 

timely. This court does not have the discretion to allow an untimely notice of appeal; a 

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

February 12, 2020

Christopher M. Wolpert

Clerk of Court

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timely notice of appeal in a civil case is both mandatory and jurisdictional. See Bowles v. 

Russell, 551 U.S. 205, 214 (2007). 

Because the notice of appeal is untimely, the court lacks jurisdiction over this 

appeal.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

Entered for the Court

CHRISTOPHER M. WOLPERT, Clerk

by: Lindy Lucero Schaible

 Counsel to the Clerk

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