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Parties Involved:
Jorge Jose Diaz Botello
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.

JORGE JOSE DIAZ BOTELLO, 

 Defendant - Appellant.

No. 15-8004

(D.C. No. 2:11-CR-00275-NDF-1)

(D. Wyo.)

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ORDER

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Before KELLY, HARTZ, and MORITZ, Circuit Judges.

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Pro se defendant Jorge Jose Diaz Botello appeals the district court’s November 17, 

2014 order denying without prejudice 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

April 16, 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 November 17, 2014. The 

deadline to file a notice of appeal from the judgment was December 1, 2014. The notice 

of appeal was not filed until February 13, 2015, more than two months after the filing 

deadline expired. Mr. Diaz 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 has 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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