Case Name: Ronald X. GORDON, Plaintiff-Appellant v. TEXAS FIRST BANK-TEXAS CITY, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-11-29
Citations: 255 F. App'x 919
Docket Number: No. 06-20916
Parties: Ronald X. GORDON, Plaintiff-Appellant v. TEXAS FIRST BANK—TEXAS CITY, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before JOLLY, DENNIS, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 255
Pages: 919–920

Head Matter:
Ronald X. GORDON, Plaintiff-Appellant v. TEXAS FIRST BANK—TEXAS CITY, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 06-20916
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Nov. 29, 2007.
Ronald X. Gordon, Woodlands, TX, pro se.
Dennis R. Bettison, for Defendant-Appellee.
Before JOLLY, DENNIS, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Ronald X. Gordon has filed a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) and other motions in this appeal from the district court's dismissal of his civil complaint for lack of jurisdiction and denial of his motion for leave to appeal IFP.
"This Court must examine the basis of its jurisdiction, on its own motion, if necessary." Mosley v. Cozby, 813 F.2d 659, 660 (5th Cir.1987). "[T]he timely filing of a notice of appeal in a civil case is a jurisdictional requirement." Bowles v. Russell, - U.S. -, 127 S.Ct. 2360, 2366, 168 L.Ed.2d 96 (2007).
Within ten days of the district court's judgment, Gordon filed 1) an October 17, 2006, amended complaint and an emergency application for injunctive relief, 2) an October 18, 2006, "application for immediate emergency relief for governmental intervention for enforcement of act of congress," and 3) an October 31, 2006, "relator's statement of emergency for enforcement of act of congress." We construe Gordon's motions as timely seeking relief under Fed.R.CivP. 59(e), rendering the notice of appeal ineffective until the district court enters an order disposing of the motions. Fed. R.App. P. 4(a)(4)(B)(i). Gordon's notice of appeal is, therefore, ineffective.
Consequently, this case must be remanded, and the record returned, so that the district court may rule on Gordon's post-judgment motions "as expeditiously as possible, consistent with a just and fair disposition thereof." Burt v. Ware, 14 F.3d 256, 261 (5th Cir.1994). The clerk of this court shall process the appeal immediately upon the return of the case from the district court.
LIMITED REMAND; APPEAL HELD IN ABEYANCE.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.