Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-02-28 17:00:53.874383+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:17:01.130648
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Case: 22-2274   Document: 24     Page: 1   Filed: 02/28/2023

           NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

   United States Court of Appeals
       for the Federal Circuit
                 ______________________

                    ERIC MALONE,
                    Plaintiff-Appellant

                            v.

                   UNITED STATES,
                   Defendant-Appellee
                 ______________________

                       2022-2274
                 ______________________

     Appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims
 in No. 1:22-cv-00049-ZNS, Judge Zachary N. Somers.
                  ______________________

                     ON MOTION
                 ______________________

      Before DYK, REYNA, and CHEN, Circuit Judges.
 PER CURIAM.
                        ORDER
     In response to the court’s December 8, 2022, order to
 show cause, the United States urges dismissal of this ap-
 peal as untimely. Eric Malone opposes dismissal and
 moves for leave to proceed in forma pauperis.
     On February 14, 2022, the United States Court of Fed-
 eral Claims dismissed Mr. Malone’s case. On September
Case: 22-2274    Document: 24       Page: 2   Filed: 02/28/2023

 2                                              MALONE   v. US

 26, 2022, the Court of Federal Claims received Mr.
 Malone’s notice of appeal from that dismissal. To be
 timely, a notice of appeal must be received by the Court of
 Federal Claims within 60 days of the entry of judgment.
 See 28 U.S.C. § 2522; 28 U.S.C. § 2107(b). The statutory
 deadline for taking an appeal from the Court of Federal
 Claims is mandatory and jurisdictional. See Marandola v.
 United States, 518 F.3d 913, 914 (Fed. Cir. 2008). Because
 Mr. Malone’s appeal was received more than 60 days after
 the judgment, we must dismiss for lack of jurisdiction. *
     Accordingly,
     IT IS ORDERED THAT:
     (1) The appeal is dismissed.
     (2) All pending motions are denied as moot.
                                     FOR THE COURT

 February 28, 2023                   /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
       Date                          Peter R. Marksteiner
                                     Clerk of Court

     *   Even if judgment had to be entered by separate
 document under Rule 58 of the Rules of the Court of Fed-
 eral Claims (“RCFC”), and even if no such separate docu-
 ment was entered, Mr. Malone did not file his notice of
 appeal within 210 days from entry of the order dismissing
 the complaint (150 days from RCFC 58(c)(2)(B) and 60 days
 from 28 U.S.C. §§ 2522, 2107(b)).