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Parties Involved:
DeJuan Thornton
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 15-2669

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United States of America

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee

v.

DeJuan Thornton

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant

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Appeal from United States District Court 

for the Western District of Missouri - Springfield

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 Submitted: April 21, 2016

Filed: April 25, 2016

[Unpublished]

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Before GRUENDER, ARNOLD, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Appellate Case: 15-2669 Page: 1 Date Filed: 04/25/2016 Entry ID: 4391487 
DeJuan Thornton, a federal prisoner, appeals the district court’s1

 order

committing him for treatment under 18 U.S.C. § 4245. To be timely, Mr. Thornton’s

notice of appeal from the final judgment, entered on March 6, 2015, had to be filed

by May 5, 2015. See Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(B) (providing 60 days to appeal in civil

case involving government as party). The notice of appeal was filed on May 26, 2015. 

Even if we were to consider it to have been filed on May 19--the date it bears, cf. Fed.

R. App. P. 4(c)(1) (prison mailbox rule)--it would still be untimely, and therefore we

lack jurisdiction over this civil appeal. See Dieser v. Cont’l Cas. Co., 440 F.3d 920,

923 (8th Cir. 2006) (holding that requirement of timely notice of appeal is mandatory

and jurisdictional, and that federal court will raise jurisdiction issues sua sponte).

Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed, and the pending motions are denied as

moot.

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The Honorable M. Douglas Harpool, United States District Judge for the

Western District of Missouri, adopting the report and recommendations of the

Honorable David P. Rush, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of

Missouri.

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Appellate Case: 15-2669 Page: 2 Date Filed: 04/25/2016 Entry ID: 4391487