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Parties Involved:
Joe Allbaugh
Appellee
Christopher W. Webb
Appellant

Document Text:

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

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CHRISTOPHER W. WEBB, 

 Petitioner - Appellant,

v.

JOE ALLBAUGH, 

 Respondent - Appellee.

No. 16-7040

(D.C. No. 6:13-CV-00065-JHP-KEW)

(E.D. Okla.)

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ORDER

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

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Petitioner Christopher Webb 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. Webb filed in the district court 

a motion seeking relief from the untimely notice of appeal, but the district court declined 

to provide relief. Upon consideration, 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, 209 (2007). This court has no authority to 

make equitable exceptions to jurisdictional requirements. Id. at 216. Although Mr. Webb 

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

September 7, 2016

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

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

final judgment were entered on April 15, 2016. A timely notice of appeal had to be filed 

by May 16, 2016. 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(a)(1)(C) (extending deadline to file to 

next business day if due date falls on weekend). The notice of appeal was not filed until 

May 23, 2016, which is a week after the filing deadline expired.

Mr. Webb’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)(5) & (a)(6). 

The district court denied Mr. Webb’s request for an extension of time to appeal. Mr. 

Webb’s untimely notice of appeal is therefore unexcused. 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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