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Parties Involved:
Carlos Robinson Pichardo-Escoto
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-40901

Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

CARLOS ROBINSON PICHARDO-ESCOTO, also known as Carlos R. 

Pichardo,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. 7:13-CR-1832-1

Before REAVLEY, SMITH, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Carlos Robinson Pichardo-Escoto challenges the 46-month prison 

sentence that he received after pleading guilty to being found in the United 

States after the Government deported him. In its response brief, the 

Government moves to dismiss this appeal on the basis that Pichardo-Escoto’s 

notice of appeal was untimely. The record supports the Government’s 

 

* 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

August 13, 2015

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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contention. Pichardo-Escoto submitted his notice of appeal after the deadline

and beyond the period during which the district court could have granted him 

an extension. See FED. R. APP. P. 4(b)(1)(A)(i), (b)(4). Although Rule 4(b) is not 

jurisdictional, United States v. Martinez, 496 F.3d 387, 388-89 (5th Cir. 2007), 

we will not disregard a defendant’s untimeliness after the Government timely 

objects, see, e.g., United States v. Lister, 561 F. App’x 415, 416 (5th Cir. 2014) 

(citing Eberhart v. United States, 546 U.S. 12, 18 (2005)). The Government’s 

motion to dismiss was timely. United States v. Hernandez-Gomez, No. 14-

41268, 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 13761 *2 (5th Cir. Aug. 6, 2015).

Accordingly, the Government’s motion to dismiss is GRANTED, and the 

appeal is DISMISSED as untimely.

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