Griffin v. Stutler, 88-3508
| Citation | 856 F.2d 194 |
| Decision Date | 16 August 1988 |
| Docket Number | No. 88-3508,88-3508 |
| Parties | Unpublished Disposition NOTICE: Sixth Circuit Rule 24(c) states that citation of unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Sixth Circuit. Levert K. GRIFFIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Thomas STUTLER; David Troutman, Sheriff's Deputy, Defendants-Appellees. |
| Court | United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (6th Circuit) |
Before ENGEL, Chief Judge, and KEITH and ALAN E. NORRIS, Circuit Judges.
This appeal has been referred to a panel of the court pursuant to Rule 9(a), Rules of the Sixth Circuit.
A review of the file indicates that the judgment of the district court dismissing appellant's 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 civil rights complaint was entered September 30, 1986. This court affirmed the district court decision on August 27, 1987 (appeal number 87-3121). A second appeal (appeal number 87-3822) was dismissed on October 5, 1987, for lack of jurisdiction. On December 2, 1987, the district court denied a motion to reconsider which was filed the same date. Appellant filed a notice of appeal on January 6, 1988 (appeal number 88-3021) which was dismissed on June 21, 1988, by this court for lack of jurisdiction because of a late notice of appeal. The mandate in that appeal issued July 19, 1988.
While appellant's appeal from the January 6 notice of appeal was still pending, he tendered to the district court a copy of that notice of appeal indicating that he was amending it on May 6, 1988, and that it was being resubmitted on May 16, 1988. That notice of appeal was filed in the district court on June 1, 1988, and was docketed as appeal number 88-3508.
This court lacks jurisdiction in appeal number 88-3508. This court previously dismissed appeal number 88-3021 as late and appellant's resubmission of essentially the same notice of appeal to the district court five months later is also late. Fed.R.App.P. 4(a)(1) requires that the notice of appeal be filed in the district court within 30 days of entry of the order being appealed. The June 1, 1988, notice of appeal from the December 2, 1987, order denying reconsideration was five months late. Fed.R.App.P. 4(a) and 26(a).
The failure of an appellant to timely file a notice of appeal deprives an appellate court of jurisdiction. Compliance with Fed.R.App.P. 4(a) is a mandatory and jurisdictional prerequisite which this court can neither waive...
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