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Parties Involved:
Timothy J. Stubbs
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. 

TIMOTHY J. STUBBS, 

 Defendant - Appellant. 

No. 15-1418 

(D.C. No. 1:13-CR-00439-CMA-1) 

(D. Colo.) 

_________________________________ 

ORDER

_________________________________ 

Before MATHESON, McHUGH, and MORITZ, Circuit Judges. 

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This matter is before the court on counsel for Appellant’s Unopposed Motion to 

Withdraw due to Appellant’s Fugitive Status and Termination of Counsel’s 

Representation in District Court and Appellee’s Motion to Dismiss. 

The motion to withdraw is granted. The district court has made the requisite 

finding of eligibility for appointment of counsel. Lynn Pierce is appointed pursuant to the 

Criminal Justice Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3006A, effective nunc pro tunc to the date the notice of 

appeal was filed in this matter, and that appointment ends with the entry of this order 

The notice of appeal is premature because it was filed before the district court had 

the opportunity to sentence Defendant and to enter final judgment. See Parr v. United 

States, 351 U.S. 513, 518 (1956) (“Final judgment in a criminal case means sentence. 

The sentence is the judgment.”) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted). 

FILED 

United States Court of Appeals 

Tenth Circuit 

May 9, 2016

Elisabeth A. Shumaker 

Clerk of Court

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Additionally, Defendant is a fugitive and did not appear for his sentencing hearing. “It 

has been settled for well over a century that an appellate court may dismiss the appeal of 

a defendant who is a fugitive from justice during the pendency of his appeal.” OrtegaRodriguez v. United States, 507 U.S. 234, 239 (1993). Accordingly, the motion to dismiss 

is granted. 

DISMISSED. 

Entered for the Court 

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk 

by: Lindy Lucero Schaible 

 Counsel to the Clerk 

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