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Parties Involved:
Arturo Hernandez
Appellant
William Stephens, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-51045

Summary Calendar

ARTURO HERNANDEZ,

Petitioner-Appellant

v.

WILLIAM STEPHENS, DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL 

JUSTICE, CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS DIVISION,

Respondent-Appellee

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Western District of Texas

USDC No. 5:14-CV-504

Before CLEMENT, ELROD, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Arturo Hernandez, Texas prisoner # 1040662, seeks a certificate of 

appealability (COA) to appeal the time-bar dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 

application, which challenged his conviction of aggravated robbery.

“This Court must examine the basis of its jurisdiction, on its own motion, 

if necessary.” Mosley v. Cozby, 813 F.2d 659, 660 (5th Cir.1987). A timely 

 

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not 

be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH 

CIR. R. 47.5.4.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

November 10, 2015

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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notice of appeal is a jurisdictional requirement in a civil case. Bowles v. 

Russell, 551 U.S. 205, 214 (2007). Hernandez had 30 days, or until September 

3, 2014, to file a timely notice of appeal. See FED. R. APP. P. 4(a)(1)(A). He did 

not file a notice of appeal until after the appeal period expired. He also does 

not certify that he placed his notice of appeal in the prison mail system “on or 

before the last day for filing.” See FED. R. APP. P. 25(a)(2)(C). Indeed, his COA 

itself is dated after the 30-day deadline. Because Hernandez did not file a 

timely notice of appeal, this appeal is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. See 

Bowles, 551 U.S. at 214.

COA DENIED; APPEAL DISMISSED.

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