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Parties Involved:
Robert Aragon
Appellee
Mark Chavez
Appellant
Gary King
Appellee
New Mexico State Highway and Transportation Department
Appellee
Sean Olivas
Appellee
State of New Mexico
Appellee

Document Text:

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

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MARK CHAVEZ, 

 Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

ROBERT ARAGON; NEW MEXICO 

STATE HIGHWAY AND 

TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT; 

SEAN OLIVAS; GARY KING, State of 

New Mexico District Attorney; STATE OF 

NEW MEXICO, 

 Defendants - Appellees.

No. 15-2092

(D.C. Nos. 1:12-CV-00876-JCH-GBW; 

1:12-CV-00878-JCH-LFG;

1:12-CV-00879-JCH-ACT;

1:12-CV-00880-JCH-KBM)

(D. N.M.)

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ORDER

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Before MATHESON, BACHARACH, and MORITZ, Circuit Judges.

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We raise sua sponte the question of whether this court has jurisdiction to consider 

this appeal. Appellant filed a June 15, 2015 notice of appeal in district court case number 

12-CV-00879, which was consolidated with three other district court cases and dismissed 

in an August 24, 2012 order; district court case number 12-CV-00876 is the lead case 

number. 

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) 

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

June 22, 2015

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

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(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). 

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

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

Russell, 551 U.S. 205, 214 (2007). District court case number 12-CV-00879 was 

dismissed on August 24, 2012, and separate judgment was also entered that day. 

Appellant’s June 15, 2015 notice of appeal is well beyond Federal Rule of Appellate 

Procedure’s 4(a)(1)(A)’s 30-day period. 

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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