N O T FO R PUB L ICAT IO N UNITED STATES C OUR T OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH C IR C UIT KONIAG, INC ., a

n Ala ska c orporation; M IC HAEL P. O’ C ONNELL, Plaintiffs - Appe lle e s, v. KUR T KANAM , individually and a s Triba l Attorne y for the Nat ive Villa ge of Karluk; OR

B IE M ULLINS, individually and a s Villa ge of Ka

rluk Triba l C ourt Judge for the Ka

rluk Triba l C ourt for the Native Villa ge of Ka

rluk, De fe nda

nts - Appe lla

nts. No. 13-35759

D.C . No. 3:12-c v-00077-SLG
M EM O R ANDUM *

Appe a l from

the Unite d

Stat e s Distric t C ourt for the Distric t of Ala ska Sharon L. Gle a son, Distric t Judge , Pre siding Subm itte d August 11, 2015 ** Anc hora ge , Ala ska B e fore : SC HR OEDER , R A W LINSON, a

nd M UR GUIA, C irc uit Judge s. 

# FIL ED AUG 25 2015 M OLLY C. DW Y ER, CLERK U
. S
. CO URT O F APPEALS

* This disposition is not a ppropria te for public at ion a

nd is not pre c e de nt e xc e pt a s provide d

by 9th C ir. R . 36-3. ** The pa

ne l una nim ously c onc lude s this c a se is suita ble for de c ision without oral a

rgum e nt. Se e Fe d. R . App. P. 34(a)(2).Native Villa ge of Ka rluk triba l attorne y

Kurt Ka nam an d Ka rluk Triba l C ourt JudgeOrbie M ullins (c olle c tive ly , De fe nda nts) a ppe a l the distric t

c o urt’ s orde r e nte re d on July

29, 2013, gra

nting pa rtia l sum m ary judgm e nt a

nd a pe rm ane nt injunc tion in fa vor of Konia g , Inc . a

nd Konia g ’ s attorne y

M ic h a e l P. O’ C onne ll. B e c a

use De fe nda

nts’ notic e of a

ppe a l is untime ly , we dism iss. De fe nda nts’ n o tic e of a

ppe a l da te d August 19, 2013, doe s not c ha lle nge a fina l de c i sion or interloc utory orde r. Se e 28 U.S.C . §§ 1291 (a ppe a l of fina l de c ision), 1292 (a

p pe a l of c e rta in inte rloc utory orde rs). De fe nda nts’ a m e nde d notic e of a

ppe a l da te d Se pte m

be r 26, 2013, c ha lle nge s an inte rloc utory

orde r— the distric t c ourt’ s gra

nt of a pe rm a

ne nt injunc tion—

but it
wa s file d m ore tha

n thirty da

y s a fte r e ntry

of the orde r a

ppe a le d. Se e 28 U.S.C . § 2107(a ); Fe d. R . App. P. (FR A P) 4(a )(1)(A). The Appe lla te C om m issione r c onc lude d tha

t the “ am e nde d notic e of a ppe a l a ppe ars to be tim e ly

file d be c a

use [De fe n da nts’ ] . . . c ross-c om

pla int na m e s a fe d e ra l pa

rty to the unde rly ing a c tion.” The Appe lla

te C om m issione r c o rre c tly

c ite d 28 U.S.C . § 2107(b) a nd FR AP 4(a )(1)(B )(iv), whic h e xte n ds the de a dline to file a notic e of a ppe a l to sixty da

y s if
one of the pa

rtie s is theUnite d State s, or “ a c urre nt or form e r Unite d State s offic e r or e m ploy e e sue d in a

n individual c a

pa c ity . . .” Howe ve r, the sixty -day filing pe riod doe s not a

pply in this c a se . 2Although De fe nda nts file d a C ross C om

pla int tha t na m e d fe d e ra l offic e rs or e m ploy e e s, the distric t c o urt did not a c t on the C ross C om

pla int be c a

u se De fe nda nts fa ile d to m ove for le ave to a m e nd to a dd thosepa

rtie s. In a ddition, the s e fe de ra l offic e rs or e m ploy e e s did not be c om e pa rtie s be c a use it a ppe ars tha

t the y we re not se rve d, nor did the fe de ra l offic e rs or e m

ploy e e s “ pa

rtic ipate [] ” in the a c tion or sha

re an inte re st in theoutc om e of the a ppe a l. In reParis Air C

rash of Marc h 3, 1974 , 578 F.2d 264, 265 (9th C ir. 1978) (pe r c uriam ) (c i tations
om i tte d). Fina lly , the se rve d De fe nda nts we re not fe de ra l e m

ploy e e s. Se e W

allac e v . C happe ll , 637 F.2d 1345, 1348 (9th C i r. 1981) (e n ba nc ) (pe r c uriam ) (e xpla ining tha

t the 60-da

y filing pe riod a

pplie s only

if the de fe nda

nts a c t unde r gove rnm e nt a

uthority). The re fore , the am e nde d notic e of a

ppe a l wa s untim e ly
. B e c a use we la c k “

jurisdic tion to e nte rta in a n untim e ly

notic e of a

ppe a l,” we m ust dismiss. W

ashington v. Ry an , 789 F.3d 1041, 1048 (9th C ir. 2015). DISM I SSE D.

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