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Parties Involved:
Barbara Olson
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

FILED 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEAhS1ited States Court of .Appeals Tenth Cirmit 

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellee, 

v. 

BARBARA OLSON, 

Defendant-Appellant. 

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ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

APR 2 4 1991 

ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

No. 91-2080 

(D.C. No. 90-38-JP) 

(D. N.M.) 

Before TACHA, BARRETT, and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges. 

After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel 

has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially 

assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 

34(a); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. 

submitted without oral argument. 

The case is therefore ordered 

This is an •Emergency Appeal• ostensibly taken by 

defendant-appellant from an interlocutory order of the district 

court entered March 8, 1991, which denied defendant's 

post-verdict, presentencing motion to arrest judgment in a 

* This order and judgment has no precedential value and shall 

not be cited, or used by any court within the Tenth Circuit, 

except for purposes of establishing the doctrines of the law of 

the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppal. 10th Cir. R. 

36.3. 

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criminal case. The matter is before the court on defendant's 

motion for stay pending appeal. 

The record shows that the jury's verdict was returned on 

February 26, 1991, and sentencing set for May 9, 1991. On 

March 5, 1991, defendant filed, pro se, a motion to arrest 

judgment. That motion was denied by the district court's order on 

March 8, 1991. 

Approximately twenty-four days later, on April 2, 1991, 

defendant filed a "Notice of Motion for Stay on Emergency Appeal," 

which was treated by the district court as a notice of appeal from 

the March 8 order. Whether the "Notice of Motion" was a 

sufficient notice of appeal is a question which need not be 

reached. 

The threshold question is whether this court has jurisdiction 

to entertain the purported appeal. Under Fed. R. App. P. 4(b), a 

notice of appeal must be filed in the district court within ten 

days after the judgment or order appealed from. Here, it is clear 

that a notice of appeal was not filed within the time allowed by 

Rule 4(b). It is well established that a timely notice of appeal 

is both mandatory and jurisdictional. United States v. Robinson, 

361 U.S. 220, 224 (1960). Accordingly, we conclude that this 

court is without jurisdiction, and that the appeal must be 

dismissed. In view of our disposition of the appeal, the motion 

for stay is denied as moot. 

After the imposition of sentence and the entry of final 

judgment, appellate review of the criminal conviction may be 

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sought by filing a notice of appeal which complies with the 

requirements of Rule 4(b). 

Appeal DISMISSED. The mandate shall issue forthwith. 

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Entered for the Court 

Deanell Reece Tacha 

Circuit Judge 

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