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Parties Involved:
John Willie Johnson Jr.
Appellant
John Lindau
Appellee

Document Text:

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY APPELLATE PANEL

OF THE TENTH CIRCUIT

IN RE JOHN WILLIE JOHNSON, JR.,

Debtor.

BAP No. CO-08-072

JOHN LINDAU,

Plaintiff – Appellee,

Bankr. No. 06-16106 MER

Adv. No. 06-01936 MER

 Chapter 7

v. ORDER OF DISMISSAL

JOHN WILLIE JOHNSON, JR.,

Defendant – Appellant.

August 26, 2008

Before MICHAEL, THURMAN, and KARLIN, Bankruptcy Judges.

On July 30, 2008, this Court issued an Order to Show Cause Why Appeal

Should not be Considered for Dismissal as Untimely (“OSC”) because the

Appellant John Willie Johnson Jr. (“Appellant”) filed a notice of appeal on July

28, 2008, 49 days after June 4, 2008 (the date of entry of the order appealed

from). On August 11, 2008, Appellant filed a document with this Court which

stated, in part, “I did misunderstand the time allotted to me in the appeals process

and ask that you take into consideration my attempts to have this case appealed.” 

On August 22, 2008, Appellee John Lindau (“Appellee”) filed a Response to the

OSC, which stated that Appellant “cites no authority or Order of the Court which

would allow an extension of the time in which to timely file a Notice of Appeal.” 

Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 8002(a) states that a notice of appeal

shall be filed within 10 days of the date of the entry of the order appealed from. 

Under Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 8002(c), an extension of time for

appeal can be granted by the bankruptcy court if presented not later than 20 days

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after the expiration of the time for filing a notice of appeal. In this case, the

notice of appeal was not timely filed, and the Appellant has not cited any court

order or other authority extending the time for filing. Accordingly, this Court

lacks jurisdiction over the appeal. In re Herwit, 970 F.2d 709, 710 (10th Cir.

1992): In re Furst, 206 B.R. 979, 980 (10th Cir. BAP 1997).

Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED that the appeal is DISMISSED.

For the Panel:

Barbara A. Schermerhorn, Clerk of Court

By:

Deputy Clerk

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