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Parties Involved:
Scott Harris Kobel
Appellant
Carol LNU
Appellee
Julie LNU
Appellee
Myrle LNU
Appellee
Yvette LNU
Appellee
Christopher Penn
Appellee
FNU Sale
Appellee

Document Text:

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

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SCOTT HARRIS KOBEL, 

 Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

CHRISTOPHER PENN, HIV 

Specialist/Doctor, Douglas County Jail; 

FNU SALE, Primary Physician/Douglas 

County Jail; YVETTE LNU, Nurse, 

Douglas County Jail; CAROL LNU, Nurse, 

Douglas County Jail; JULIE LNU, Nurse, 

Douglas County Jail; MYRLE LNU, 

Nurse, Douglas County Jail, 

 Defendants - Appellees.

No. 16-3337

(D.C. No. 5:15-CV-03278-SAC-DJW)

(D. Kan.)

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ORDER

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Before HARTZ, HOLMES, and BACHARACH, Circuit Judges.

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We raise sua sponte the question of whether this court has jurisdiction to consider 

this appeal. 

In a civil case in which the United States is not a party, a notice of appeal must be 

filed within 30 days of entry of the order being appealed. See 28 U.S.C. § 2107(a) 

(providing that a notice of appeal in a civil matter must be filed within 30 days of entry of 

judgment); Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(A) (same). 

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

December 15, 2016

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

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Appellant asserts that he did not have access to writing implements through 

September 2016. This court does not have the discretion to allow an untimely notice of 

appeal, however; a timely notice of appeal in a civil case is both mandatory and 

jurisdictional. See Bowles v. Russell, 551 U.S. 205, 214 (2007). The district court entered 

final judgment on July 1, 2016. Appellant filed a notice of appeal on November 17, 2016, 

beyond the required 30-day period. 

Because the notice of appeal is beyond Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure’s 

4(a)(1)(A)’s 30-day period, it is untimely, and the court lacks jurisdiction over this 

appeal. 

APPEAL DISMISSED.

Entered for the Court

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk

by: Lindy Lucero Schaible

 Counsel to the Clerk

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