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Parties Involved:
James Janecka
Appellee
Albert Adrian Montoya
Appellant

Document Text:

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

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ALBERT ADRIAN MONTOYA, 

 Petitioner - Appellant,

v.

JAMES JANECKA,

 Respondent - Appellee.

No. 15-2038

(D.C. No. 2:14-CV-00738-MV-GBW)

(D. N.M.)

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ORDER

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Before LUCERO, GORSUCH, and McHUGH, Circuit Judges.

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Plaintiff Albert Montoya appealed the district court’s order and final judgment 

dismissing his habeas corpus petition. The clerk entered an order to show cause as to why 

the appeal should not be dismissed as untimely filed. Mr. Montoya filed a pro se 

memorandum brief in response. Upon consideration of the response, the record, and the 

applicable law, we have concluded that we are without jurisdiction to consider this 

untimely appeal.

Taking an appeal within the prescribed time is required to convey jurisdiction to 

this court. Bowles v. Russell, 551 U.S. 205, 214 (2007). This court has no authority to 

make equitable exceptions to jurisdictional requirements. Id. Although Mr. Montoya is 

proceeding pro se, he must comply with the same procedural requirements as all other 

litigants. Kay v. Bemis, 500 F.3d 1214, 1218 (10th Cir. 2007). 

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

April 2, 2015

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

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In this case, the district court’s order dismissing Mr. Montoya’s habeas petition 

and final judgment were entered on August 29, 2014. A timely notice of appeal had to be 

filed by September 29, 2014. See Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(A) (notice of appeal in civil 

case must be filed within 30 days after entry of judgment); 26(c)(1) (calculating deadline 

if date falls on weekend). The notice of appeal was not filed until February 26, 2015, 

which is 150 days after the filing deadline expired.

Mr. Montoya’s only potential remedy was to ask the district court to excuse his 

untimely filing, which he did. See 28 U.S.C. § 2107(c); Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(6). The 

district court denied his request to file an appeal out of time, however. As a result, “[t]he 

time limit has run and we are without jurisdiction under the facts of this case.” Jenkins v. 

Burtzloff, 69 F.2d 460, 464 (10th Cir. 1995).

APPEAL DISMISSED.

Entered for the Court

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk

by: Lara Smith

 Counsel to the Clerk

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