Court Opinion

ID: 465652
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2011-08-23 09:43:16+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:28:47.650073
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785 F.2d 309
Unpublished DispositionNOTICE: Sixth Circuit Rule 24(c) states that citation of unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Sixth Circuit.ROGER PATRICK JUDE KEARNEY, III, Plaintiff-Appellantv.DIRECTOR OF DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, B. BROWN, JR.; K.C.F.DAN BOLDEN, MICHIGAN CORRECTIONAL ORGANIZATIONINTERNATIONAL, AFL-CIO; RESIDENT UNIT OFFICER, T. BEUTZ#065, KIEVIT #243, RIGOTTI #179, SRGT L. TASHI #135,INSPECTOR LIVIGNE OF PROPERTY AND GROVER OF PROPERTY (A RUM)SEAMS #120, WATSON #018 HANDCOCK #240 AND OTHERS YET TO BEINDENTIFIED BY NAMES AS EMPLOYEES OF DEPARTMENT OFCORRECTIONS AND AGENTS OF GOVERNMENT OF STATE, Defendants-Appellees.
85-1174
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
1/10/86

ORDER
BEFORE:  MERRITT, JONES and WELLFORD, Circuit Judges.

1
Kearney appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing his civil rights complaint without prejudice.  This case has been referred to a panel of the Court pursuant to Rule 9(a), Rules of the Sixth Circuit.  This Court finds that there is a jurisdictional defect in the appeal.

2
Kearney filed a timely motion to vacate after the judgment was entered.  This motion extended the time in which to file a notice of appeal.  Rule 4(a)(4), Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.  However, Kearney filed his notice of appeal while the motion to vacate judgment was still pending.  Such a notice of appeal has no effect.  Rule 4(a)(4), Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure; Griggs v. Provident Consumer Discount Co., 459 U.S. 56, 60-61 (1982).  Therefore, Kearney's appeal is jurisdictionally defective.

3
The filing of a timely notice of appeal is mandatory and jurisdictional, and the Court of Appeals cannot waive the jurisdictional requirement.  Browder v. Director, Department of Corrections, 434 U.S. 257, 264 (1978).  So Kearney's appeal is sua sponte dismissed for lack of jurisdiction under Rule (d)(1), Rules of the Sixth Circuit.