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# United States Court of Appeals **for the Federal Circuit**

______________________ CHRISTOPHER STEWART, Plaintiff

- Appellant

v.

UNITED STATES, Defendant

- Appellee

______________________

2024

- 1304

______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims in No. 1:23

- cv

- 00934

- DAT, Judge David A. Tapp.

______________________
Before D YK , W ALLACH , and C UNNINGHAM , Circuit Judges

. P ER C URIAM

. O R D E R
In response to this court’s January 22, 2024 show cause order, the United States urges dismissal of th is appeal as untimely. Christopher Stewart has not responded.

Mr. Stewart filed a complaint at the United States Court of Federal Claims , alleging vio lations by the “United States District Court.” Compl. at 2. Among other cases, Mr. Stewar t identified Stewart v. Quality Carriers, Inc.

, No. 3:19

- cv

- 0606 (M.D. La.) (“the

- 0606 action”) , a case involving a private defendant involved in a motor vehicle Case: 24-1304 Document: 5 Page: 1 Filed: 04/10/2024STEWART v. US 2

ac cident

. The Court of Federal Claims dismissed Mr. Stewart ’s complaint and entered judgment on July 14 , 2023. On December 26 , 2023, Mr. Stewart filed a notice of appeal from “the Order Granting With[]draw” entered on “11/14/2023

, ” identifying both his cas e before the Court of Federal Claims and the

- 0606 action. ECF No. 1

- 2 at 1.
A party seeking appellate review must comply with the “linked jurisdictional provisions” of Rules 3 and 4 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. Becker v. Montgomery , 532 U.S. 757, 765 (2001). Rule 3 requires a notice of appeal to designate “the judgment” or “appealable order” from “which the appeal is taken.” Fed R. App. P. 3(c)(1)(B). Rule 4 and 28 U.S.C. §§ 2107, 2522 further require that an appeal fro m the United States Court of Federal Claims must be filed within 60 days of the final judgment or order being appealed if one of the parties is the United States

. These requirements are “jurisdictional in nature, ” and their “ satisfaction is a prerequisite to appellate review.” Smith v. Barry , 502 U.S. 244, 248 (1992) (citation omitted) ; see also Marandola v. United States , 518 F.3d 913, 914

– 15 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (citation omitted).

Mr. Stewart fail ed to satisfy these requirements. His notice of appeal wa s filed more than 60 days from the entry of judgment in this case. And while it was filed within 60 days of November 14, 2023

, no order from that date or anything close appears on the Court of Federal Claims’s docket

. * We must therefore dismiss the appeal.

* We note that t o the extent Mr. Stewart was attempting to appeal from the

- 0606 action, the notice also is untimely because it was filed more than one year after the latest docket entry in the

- 0606 action. See 28 U.S.C. Case: 24-1304 Document: 5 Page: 2 Filed: 04/10/2024STEWART v. US 3

Accordingly,

I T I S O RDERED T HAT : (1) The appeal is dismissed

. (2) Each party shall bear its own costs

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April 10 , 2024 Date F OR THE C OURT

§ 2107(a) (providing for 30 days to appeal when the suit does not include the United States as a party)

. Case: 24-1304 Document: 5 Page: 3 Filed: 04/10/2024