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Parties Involved:
Todd Anderson
Appellee
John Cole Cooper
Appellant

Document Text:

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

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JOHN COLE COOPER, 

 Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

TODD ANDERSON, in his state and 

individual capacity, 

 Defendant - Appellee.

No. 15-4067

(D.C. No. 2:14-CV-00818-DN)

(D. Utah)

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ORDER

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Before GORSUCH, BACHARACH, and MORITZ, Circuit Judges.

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John Cole Cooper appeals the district court’s dismissal of his case on Younger

abstention grounds. Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37 (1971). After reviewing Mr. 

Cooper’s docketing statement, the court directed Mr. Cooper to show cause why his 

appeal should not be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction due to the apparent untimeliness of 

his notice of appeal. Mr. Cooper’s response was due July 1, 2015, and Mr. Cooper has 

not responded. 

The timely filing of a notice of appeal is both mandatory and jurisdictional. 

Bowles v. Russell, 551 U.S. 205, 214 (2007). The notice of appeal in a civil case “must 

be filed with the district clerk within 30 days after entry of the judgment or order 

appealed from.” Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(A). 

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

July 6, 2015

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

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In this case, the district court entered judgment on March 30, 2015. Thirty-one 

days later, on April 30, 2015, Mr. Cooper electronically filed his notice of appeal. 

The notice of appeal is untimely, and the time for Mr. Cooper to seek relief from 

the filing deadline has expired. See Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(5) & 4(a)(6).

Accordingly, this appeal is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.

Entered for the Court

PER CURIUM

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