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Parties Involved:
Heriberto Murillo-Gonzalez
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.

HERIBERTO MURILLO-GONZALEZ, 

 Defendant - Appellant.

No. 15-5007

(D.C. No. 4:13-CR-00217-JED-1)

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ORDER

_________________________________

Before KELLY, McHUGH, and MORITZ, Circuit Judges.

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Heriberto Murillo-Gonzalez, proceeding pro se, appeals the judgment entered in 

his criminal case on June 5, 2014. Mr. Murillo-Gonzalez filed his notice of appeal on 

February 5, 2015.

In a criminal case, a defendant’s notice of appeal must be filed in the district court 

within 14 days after entry of the judgment. Fed. R. App. P. 4(b)(1)(A). The timely filing 

of a notice of appeal by the defendant is an inflexible claim-processing rule that may be 

forfeited if not properly raised by the government. United States v. Garduño, 506 F.3d 

1287, 1290-91 (10th Cir. 2007). However, because Rule 4(b) implicates important 

judicial interests beyond those of the parties, the court may raise the time bar sua sponte

in certain circumstances. United States v. Mitchell, 518 F.3d 740, 750 (10th Cir. 2008). 

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

February 9, 2015

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

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This power is limited and should not be invoked unless judicial resources and 

administration are implicated and the delay has been inordinate. Id.

Under the circumstances of this case, dismissal of this appeal as untimely is 

appropriate. Mr. Murillo-Gonzalez’s notice of appeal, filed eight months after judgment 

was entered, was inordinately late. Accordingly, this appeal is dismissed.

A copy of this order shall stand as and for the mandate of the court.

Entered for the Court

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk

by: Lindy Lucero Schaible

 Counsel to the Clerk

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