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Parties Involved:
Artistic Beauty College
Appellee
Betty Y. Fortt
Appellant

Document Text:

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

BETTY Y. FORTT, 

 Plaintiff - Appellant, 

v. 

ARTISTIC BEAUTY COLLEGE, 

 Defendant - Appellee.

No. 07-1486

(D. Colo. No. 06-CV-1991-LTB-MEH)

ORDER

Filed January 8, 2008

Before LUCERO, McCONNELL, and TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges.

This appeal is before the court based on a motion by Appellee-Defendant Artistic

Beauty College to dismiss for lack of appellate jurisdiction, a response by AppellantPlaintiff Betty Fortt, and a reply by Appellee-Defendant.

In a September 10, 2007 Order, the district court adopted the magistrate judge’s report

and recommendation and granted summary judgment to Defendant on Plaintiff’s remaining

claim. Final judgment was entered September 10, 2007. Plaintiff Fortt, proceeding pro se,

appeals.

Pro se appellants must comply with the requirements of the Federal Rules of

Appellate Procedure that govern all litigants. See Ogden v. San Juan County, 32 F.3d 452,

455 (10th Cir. 1994). The thirty-day deadline under Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(A) for the filing

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of a timely notice of appeal in this case expired October 10, 2007. Plaintiff’s notice of

appeal was filed November 20, 2007, which was forty-one days past the thirty-day filing

deadline. 

Compliance with filing requirements is “mandatory and jurisdictional.” Bowles v.

Russell, 127 S.Ct. 2360, 2363 (2007). Plaintiff’s notice of appeal is untimely.

Appellee’s motion to dismiss is GRANTED. The appeal is DISMISSED for lack

of appellate jurisdiction.

Entered for the Court,

Elisabeth A. Shumaker, Clerk

Kathleen T. Clifford

Attorney - Deputy Clerk

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