Court Opinion

ID: 9629050
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 09:36:22.515586+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:07:15.047514
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TURSI, Judge,
dissenting.
I respectfully dissent.
While I do not condone plaintiff’s failure properly to file the notice of appeal, I would grant the motion. The trial court should have denied plaintiff’s February motion for extension of time to file a notice of appeal on grounds that it lacked jurisdiction under C.A.R. 4(b). If the trial court had done so, it is most likely that plaintiff would have recognized his error in time to file the notice of appeal in this court. Under these circumstances, I would hold that the trial court’s granting of the motion for extension constituted a “unique circumstance” justifying acceptance of a late filed notice of appeal. See Converse v. Zinke, 635 P.2d 882 (Colo.1981).