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Parties Involved:
David Millan-Millan
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.

DAVID MILLAN-MILLAN, 

 Defendant - Appellant.

No. 15-2072

(D.C. No. 2:14-CR-02471-RB-1)

(D. N.M.)

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ORDER

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Before TYMKOVICH, HOLMES, and BACHARACH, Circuit Judges.

_________________________________

David Millan-Millan, proceeding pro se, appeals the judgment entered in his 

criminal case on September 9, 2014. Mr. Millan-Millan filed his notice of appeal on 

April 24, 2015.

In a criminal case, a defendant’s notice of appeal must be filed in the district court 

within 14 days after entry of the judgment. Fed. R. App. P. 4(b)(1)(A). The timely filing 

of a notice of appeal by the defendant is an inflexible claim-processing rule that may be 

forfeited if not properly raised by the government. United States v. Garduño, 506 F.3d 

1287, 1290-91 (10th Cir. 2007). However, because Rule 4(b) implicates important 

judicial interests beyond those of the parties, the court may raise the time bar sua sponte 

in certain circumstances. United States v. Mitchell, 518 F.3d 740, 750 (10th Cir 2008). 

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

May 1, 2015

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

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This power is limited and should not be invoked unless judicial resources and 

administration are implicated and the delay has been inordinate. Id.

Under the circumstances of this case, dismissal of this appeal as untimely is 

appropriate. Mr. Millan-Millan’s notice of appeal, filed more than seven months after 

judgment was entered, was inordinately late. Further, it appears as though this appeal 

may be precluded by the appeal waiver that Mr. Millan-Millan executed in the 

proceedings below. Accordingly, 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: Chris Wolpert

 Chief Deputy Clerk

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