Opinion ID: 2524934
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Timeliness of Alvarez's Appeal

Text: The Borough, citing Appellate Rule 204(a)(1), claims that Alvarez's appeal to this court was not timely and that therefore we do not have jurisdiction over this appeal. Alaska Rule of Appellate Procedure 204(a)(1) provides: The notice of appeal shall be filed within 30 days from the date shown in the clerk's certificate of distribution on the judgment appealed from, unless a shorter time for filing a notice of appeal applies as provided by Rules 216-220. The Borough claims that the appeal was not made until more than thirty days after the superior court's July 23, 1998 decision. Alvarez denies that the appeal was untimely. We will not address this argument because it was not properly presented to us. The Borough's argument was made only in passing in its jurisdictional statement and was not briefed on appeal. [6] We therefore decline to address this argument.