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Parties Involved:
Alonso Ayon Corrales
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.

ALONSO AYON CORRALES, 

 Defendant - Appellant.

No. 15-3180

(D.C. No. 5:07-CR-40078-SAC-1)

(D. Kan.)

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ORDER

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Before HARTZ, GORSUCH, and BACHARACH, Circuit Judges.

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Pro se defendant Alonso Ayon Corrales appeals the district court’s February 3, 

2015 order denying his motion for a reduction of his sentence. The government filed a 

motion to dismiss the appeal because the notice of appeal was not filed timely. The 

defendant was provided an opportunity to respond to the motion to dismiss, but did not 

file a response. Upon consideration of the government’s motion and the record, the 

motion to dismiss is granted.

A notice of appeal from an order entered in a criminal case must be filed within 14 

days after entry of the order being appealed. Fed. R. App. P. 4(b)(1)(A)(i); United States 

v. Randall, 666 F.3d 1238, 1240 (10th Cir. 2011) (14-day limit to appeal applies to postconvictions motions in criminal cases). While not jurisdictional, the timeliness 

requirement of Rule 4(b) is an inflexible claim processing rule. United States v. Garduño, 

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

September 14, 2015

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

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506 F.3d 1287, 1290-91 (10th Cir. 2007). And although the defendant is proceeding pro 

se, he must comply with the same procedural requirements that govern other litigants. 

Ogden v. San Juan County, 32 F.3d 452, 455 (10th Cir. 1994).

In this case, the order being appealed was entered February 3, 2015. The deadline 

to file a notice of appeal from the order was February 18, 2015. See Fed. R. App. P. 

26(a)(1)(C) (calculating deadline when last filing day falls on holiday). The notice of 

appeal was not filed until July 31, 2015, more than five months after the filing deadline 

expired. The defendant did not seek an extension of time to appeal, and the time within 

which to seek such relief has expired. See Fed. R. App. P. 4(b)(4).

The government filed a motion correctly arguing that the notice of appeal was 

untimely filed. The defendant did not submit any argument to the contrary, nor can we 

conceive of any. Accordingly, the government’s motion to dismiss the appeal must be 

granted. United States v. Mitchell, 518 F.3d 740, 744 (10th Cir. 2008) (“[T]he time bar in 

Rule 4(b) must be enforced by this court when properly invoked by the government.” 

(citing Garduño, 506 F.3d at 1290-91)).

APPEAL DISMISSED.

Entered for the Court

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk

by: Lara Smith

 Counsel to the Clerk

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