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Parties Involved:
Jorge Reyes
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.

JORGE REYES, 

 Defendant - Appellant.

No. 16-3002

(D.C. No. 2:12-CR-20066-KHV-12)

(D. Kan.)

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ORDER

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Before TYMKOVICH, Chief Judge, HOLMES, and BACHARACH, Circuit Judges.

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Jorge Reyes, proceeding pro se, appeals the order entered in his criminal case on 

April 27, 2015. Mr. Reyes filed his notice of appeal on January 4, 2016.

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

within 14 days after entry of either the judgment or the order being appealed. Fed. R. 

App. P. 4(b)(1)(A)(i). 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). This power is limited and should 

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

January 8, 2016

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

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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. Reyes’s notice of appeal, filed approximately eight months after the 

order being appealed was entered, is inordinately late. Accordingly, this appeal is 

dismissed.

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

APPEAL DISMISSED.

Entered for the Court

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk

by: Lindy Lucero Schaible

 Counsel to the Clerk

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