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Parties Involved:
Judi Bufkin
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

 Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

JUDI BUFKIN, 

 Defendant - Appellant.

No. 15-8008

(D.C. No. 2:14-CR-00067-ABJ-1)

(D. Wyo.)

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ORDER

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Before MATHESON, BACHARACH, and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges.

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This matter is before the court on the government’s motion to dismiss this appeal 

because the notice of appeal is untimely. The defendant did not file a response nor did 

she file a response to this court’s order mandating that she file a memorandum brief 

addressing the timeliness issue. 

The judgment was entered on October 2, 2014, and the notice of appeal was filed 

more than five months later on March 6, 2015. 

In a criminal appeal, the defendant’s notice of appeal is to be filed within 14 days 

of entry of judgment. See Fed. R. App. P. 4(b)(1)(A). This rule is an “inflexible claimprocessing rule[], which unlike a jurisdictional rule, may be forfeited if not properly 

raised by the government.” United States v. Garduno, 506 F.3d 1287, 1291 (10th Cir. 

2007) (internal quotation omitted).

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

May 5, 2015

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

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However, “[b]ecause the government timely objected to [the defendant’s] late 

notice of appeal, this court is bound to dismiss the appeal.” Id. at 1292. 

The government’s motion to dismiss is GRANTED. This appeal is DISMISSED. 

A copy of this order shall stand as and for the mandate of the court. 

Entered for the Court

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk

by: Ellen Rich Reiter

 Jurisdictional Attorney

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