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Parties Involved:
Pedro Cortez-Perez
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

 Plaintiff - Appellee, 

v. 

PEDRO CORTEZ-PEREZ, 

 Defendant - Appellant. 

No. 07-2065

ORDER

Filed September 14, 2007

Before TACHA, Chief Circuit Judge, GORSUCH, and HOLMES, Circuit

Judges.

Defendant Pedro Cortez-Perez appeals the judgment entered by the district

court in his criminal case on February 16, 2007.

Under Fed. R. App. P. 4(b)(1)(A)(i), the ten-day deadline for filing a timely

notice of appeal as to this criminal judgment expired on March 5, 2007. Defendant

filed his appeal on March 6, 2007, which was one day past the initial ten-day filing

deadline but within the thirty-day permissible extension period that expired on April

4, 2007.

Because Defendant’s notice of appeal was filed within the permissible

extension period, this case was partially remanded to the district court for a

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determination of whether Defendant’s failure to comply with the filing requirements

of Rule 4(b)(1)(A)(i) was based on excusable neglect or good cause. Upon remand,

the district court in a September 5, 2007 Order denied Defendant’s motion for

extension of time, concluding that Defendant failed to make the requisite showing

of excusable neglect or good cause. 

Consequently, Defendant Cortez-Perez’s notice of appeal is untimely. This

court lacks appellate jurisdiction

The appeal is DISMISSED. 

Entered for the Court,

Elisabeth A. Shumaker, Clerk

Kathleen T. Clifford

Attorney - Deputy Clerk

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