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Parties Involved:
David L. Johnson
Appellee
Brent Newton
Appellee
Frank Parker
Appellant
Utah Office Of The Guardian Ad Litem
Appellee

Document Text:

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

January 8, 2010

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

 

FRANK PARKER,

 Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

UTAH OFFICE OF THE GUARDIAN

AD LITEM; BRENT NEWTON, GAL;

DAVID L. JOHNSON, GAL,

 Defendants - Appellees.

No. 09-4235

(D.C. No. 2:09-CV-00706-CW)

ORDER

Before BRISCOE, O’BRIEN, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.

Mr. Parker is appealing from the district court’s judgment in favor of the

defendants, entered on October 28, 2009. The court orders that this appeal be

dismissed as untimely. 

Mr. Parker’s notice of appeal was due within 30 days of the entry of the

district court’s judgment. See Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(A) and 28 U.S.C. § 2107

(a) (notice of appeal due within 30 days). It was not filed until December 22,

2009 - outside the 30 day period. No motion for an extension of time was filed in

the district court and this court cannot extend the time for filing a notice of

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appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 4 (a)(5) and Alva v. Teen Help, 469 F.3d 946, 950

(10 Cir. 2006) (court of appeals lacks authority to find excusable neglect and th

extend the time for filing notice of appeal; only the district court may do so). 

Because the notice of appeal was untimely, this court lacks jurisdiction to

consider this appeal. Bowles v. Russell, 551 U.S. 205, 214 (2007). 

APPEAL DISMISSED. 

Entered for the Court

ELISABETH SHUMAKER, Clerk of Court

by:

Christine Van Coney

Counsel to the Clerk

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