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Parties Involved:
American Honda Motor Co., Inc.
Appellee
Ira Johnson
Appellant

Document Text:

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

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IRA JOHNSON, 

 Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., 

INC., 

 Defendant - Appellee.

No. 16-1263

(D.C. No. 1:15-CV-01867-RBJ)

(D. Colo.)

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ORDER

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Before TYMKOVICH, Chief Judge, BRISCOE, and HARTZ, Circuit Judges.

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Plaintiff Ira Johnson appeals the dismissal of his civil suit against American 

Honda Motor Company. This matter is before us on Mr. Johnson’s response to this 

court’s order questioning the timeliness of this appeal. Mr. Johnson states that he was 

litigating other cases at the same time and he got his dates mixed up.

The timely filing of a notice of appeal is mandatory and jurisdictional. Bowles v. 

Russell, 551 U.S. 205, 214 (2007). The notice of appeal in a civil case “must be filed 

with the district clerk within 30 days after entry of the judgment or order appealed from.” 

Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(A). This court lacks authority to grant any relief from the appeal 

deadline. The district court may extend the time for filing a notice of appeal based on a 

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

August 15, 2016

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

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showing of excusable neglect or good cause. Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(5)(A). However, a 

party must request the extension within 30 days after the time to appeal expires. Id.

In this case, the district court entered judgment in favor of American Honda Motor 

Company on May 19, 2016. Mr. Johnson filed his notice of appeal 35 days later, on June 

23, 2016. The notice of appeal was untimely and the time for moving the district court 

for an extension of time to appeal has passed.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

Entered for the Court

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk

by: Jane K. Castro

 Counsel to the Clerk

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