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Parties Involved:
David Dussard
Appellant
Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
Appellee

Document Text:

[DO NOT PUBLISH]

In the

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eleventh Circuit

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No. 24-11752

Non-Argument Calendar

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DAVID DUSSARD, 

Petitioner-Appellant,

versus

SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, 

Respondent-Appellee.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Middle District of Florida

D.C. Docket No. 2:22-cv-00149-SPC-NPM

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2 Opinion of the Court 24-11752

Before ROSENBAUM, BRASHER, and ABUDU, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This appeal is DISMISSED, sua sponte, for lack of jurisdiction. On May 17, 2024, David Dussard, a Florida state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed an amended notice of appeal from the judgment dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for writ of habeas corpus. He stated that he unsuccessfully attempted to file a notice of 

appeal on April 23, 2024.

This appeal is untimely. The statutory time limit required 

Dussard to file a notice of appeal on or before August 7, 2023, 

which was 30 days after the district court entered judgment on July 

7, 2023. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 58(a); Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(7)(A). However, Dussard did not file the instant notice of appeal until, at the 

earliest, April 23, 2024, the date on which he claims to have first 

attempted to file the notice. See Fed. R. App. P. 4(c)(1); Jeffries v. 

United States, 748 F.3d 1310, 1314 (11th Cir. 2014) (noting that a pro 

se prisoner’s notice of appeal is deemed filed on the date that he 

delivered it to prison authorities for mailing).

Additionally, there is no basis in the record for relief under 

Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure 4(a)(5) or 4(a)(6). Accordingly, the notice of appeal is untimely and cannot invoke our appellate jurisdiction. See Green v. Drug Enf’t Admin., 606 F.3d 1296, 

1300 (11th Cir. 2010) (noting that the timely filing of a notice of 

appeal in a civil case is a jurisdictional requirement, and we cannot 

entertain an appeal that is out of time).

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24-11752 Opinion of the Court 3

No petition for rehearing may be filed unless it complies 

with the timing and other requirements of 11th Cir. R. 40-3 and all 

other applicable rules.

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