Opinion ID: 3020376
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Heading: Azmat Raza’s appeals

Text: Azmat Raza signed the notice of appeal to this Court with respect to the District Court’s November 3, 2005 order. However, in doing so, she appeals from the District Court’s affirmance of Bankruptcy Court orders that she had never appealed. An appeal of a Bankruptcy Court’s order is taken “by filing a notice of appeal with the clerk [of the Bankruptcy Court] within the time allowed by Rule 8002.” Fed. R. Bankr. P. 8001. Concerning the Bankruptcy Court orders at issue here, Azmat 5 Raza also filed in this Court two mandamus actions, C.A. No. 05-1644 and C.A. No. 05-5013. We denied mandamus relief in both cases. 4 Raza did not file any timely notices of appeal. The District Court did not have jurisdiction to hear appeals by Azmat Raza, and it follows that we lack jurisdiction over her appeals from the District Court’s order. See Krebs Chrysler-Plymouth Inc. v. Valley Motors, Inc., 141 F.3d 490, 494 (3d Cir. 1998). This is true even though she joined in Raza’s brief filed in District Court, as such a result would nullify Bankruptcy Rules 8001 and 8002. See id. at 495.6