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Parties Involved:
Jesus Clemente
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.

JESUS CLEMENTE, 

 Defendant - Appellant.

No. 15-3025

(D.C. No. 6:13-CR-10037-JTM-1)

(D. Kan.)

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ORDER

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Before KELLY, LUCERO, and BACHARACH, Circuit Judges.

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This matter is before the court on the government’s motion to dismiss this appeal 

because the notice of appeal is untimely. In his response, the defendant does not address 

the timeliness issue, but rather asks the court to review the case. Upon consideration of 

the motion and the response, this appeal is dismissed. 

The order being appealed was entered on December 18, 2014, and the notice of 

appeal was filed on January 29, 2015. 

In a criminal appeal, the defendant’s notice of appeal is to be filed within 14 days 

of entry of judgment. See Fed. R. App. P. 4(b)(1)(A). This rule is an “inflexible claimprocessing rule[], which unlike a jurisdictional rule, may be forfeited if not properly 

raised by the government.” United States v. Garduno, 506 F.3d 1287, 1291 (10th Cir. 

2007) (internal quotation omitted).

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

April 15, 2015

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

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However, “[b]ecause the government timely objected to [the defendant’s] late 

notice of appeal, this court is bound to dismiss the appeal.” Id. at 1292. 

The government’s motion to dismiss is GRANTED. APPEAL 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: Ellen Rich Reiter

 Jurisdictional Attorney

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