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Parties Involved:
United States of America
Appellee
Keith V. Weathersby
Appellant

Document Text:

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

April 16, 2010

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

 Plaintiff - Appellee, 

v. 

KEITH V. WEATHERSBY, 

 Defendant - Appellant.

No. 10-3059

(D.C. No. 2:08-CV-02081-JWL)

 (D.C. No. 2:98-CR-20076-JWL-3)

(D. of Kansas)

ORDER

Before BRISCOE, HARTZ, and TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges.

The court orders that this appeal be dismissed as untimely. 

To the extent Mr. Weathersby is appealing from the district court’s order

(dated October 9, 2009 and entered on October 13, 2009) denying his § 2255

motion for reconsideration, his appeal is untimely. Mr. Weathersby’s notice of

appeal from that order was due on or before December 14, 2009. See Fed. R.

App. P. 4(a)(1)(B) (60 days for filing a notice of appeal in a civil case where the

United States is a party). It was not filed until February 24, 2010. The filing of

a timely notice of appeal in a civil case is a jurisdictional requirement. Bowles v.

Russell, 551 U.S. 205 (2007). 

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Although Mr. Weathersby states, in his response to this court’s March 3,

2010 show cause order, that he is actually seeking review of his sentence, the

district court’s docket shows that the judgment in his criminal case (imposing his

sentence) was entered on August 15, 2002. Under the version of the Rules of

Appellate Procedure in effect at that time, Mr. Weathersby’s notice of appeal

from his sentence was due within 10 days of entry of judgment. See former Fed.

R. App. P. 4 (b)(1)(A) (10 days for filing a notice of appeal in a criminal case). 

The timeliness requirement of Fed. R. App. P. 4 (b)(1)(A) is an inflexible claim

processing rule. See United States v. Garduño, 506 F.3d 1287, 1291 (10th Cir.

2007). Because Mr. Weathersby’s notice of appeal was filed more than seven

years after entry of the judgment imposing his sentence, this court may raise Rule

4 (b)’s time bar sua sponte. See United States v. Mitchell, 518 F.3d 740, 750

(10th Cir. 2008). The court also notes that Mr. Weathersby previously filed a

direct appeal from his conviction and sentence. See United States v. Weathersby,

89 Fed. Appx. 683 (10 Cir. 2004). th

APPEAL DISMISSED.

Entered for the Court

ELISABETH SHUMAKER, Clerk of Court 

by:

Christine Van Coney

Counsel to the Clerk

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