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Parties Involved:
Frederick L. Pitchford
Appellant
John E. Potter
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Susan Webber Wright, Chief Judge, United States District

Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. 

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 04-2527

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Frederick L. Pitchford, *

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Appellant, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* Eastern District of Arkansas.

John E. Potter, Postmaster General, *

U.S. Postal Service, * [UNPUBLISHED]

*

Appellee. *

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Submitted: May 31, 2005

Filed: June 8, 2005

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Before SMITH, FAGG, and MAGILL, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Frederick L. Pitchford appeals following the district court’s1

 orders dismissing

his case under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b) and denying his motion for

reconsideration. We affirm.

We lack jurisdiction to review the Rule 41(b) dismissal order, because the

notice of appeal is untimely as to it. See United States v. Stute Co., 402 F.3d 820,

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822 (8th Cir. 2005) (timely notice of appeal is mandatory and jurisdictional). We

have jurisdiction to review the denial of Pitchford’s motion to reconsider, and having

carefully reviewed the record, we find no abuse of discretion in the denial of

reconsideration. See Middleton v. McDonald, 388 F.3d 614, 616 (8th Cir. 2004)

(standard of review). 

Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

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