U.S. v. Jackson, 81-7934
| Decision Date | 30 August 1982 |
| Docket Number | No. 81-7934,81-7934 |
| Citation | 691 F.2d 478 |
| Parties | UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ronald E. JACKSON, Defendant, Joseph M. McLaughlin, for American Druggist Insurance Company, Movant-Appellant. Non-Argument Calendar. |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Eleventh Circuit |
Stephen E. Boswell, Jonesboro, Ga., for movant-appellant.
Craig A. Gillen, Asst. U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, FAY and CLARK, Circuit Judges.
The American Druggist Insurance Company appeals a judgment entered against it causing it to forfeit an appearance bond. The bond was issued on behalf of Ronald E. Jackson who had been arrested for drug smuggling. Jackson failed to appear at an evidentiary hearing and is believed to have fled to Ecuador or Colombia. Subsequently, a hearing was held and the court entered an order forfeiting bond against the bonding company. The judgment was entered on October 26, 1981 and notice of appeal was filed on November 13, 1981.
We hold that the appellant filed a timely notice of appeal. Although an issue of first impression in this circuit, we find that the enforcement of a bond forfeiture is a civil matter and therefore governed by Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(a), which provides for a thirty-day period to file a notice of appeal in civil matters. A similar result was reached in the analogous case of United States v. Zarafonitis, 150 F. 97, 99 (5th Cir. 1907). We find our position in accord with that of the Ninth Circuit in United States v. Plechner, 577 F.2d 596, 597 (9th Cir. 1978). Although the Tenth Circuit has taken a contrary position in United States v. Jones, 567 F.2d 965 (10th Cir. 1977), we do not find its reasoning persuasive. Thus, the bonding company's appeal is properly before us.
The appellant argues that there is no signature on the order of forfeiture and there is no indication that it was filed with the Clerk of the Northern District of Georgia. We direct the appellant's attention to page 118 of the record on appeal. There appears an order signed by Judge Vining on October 26, 1981 and clearly marked as having been filed with the Clerk of the Northern District of Georgia on October 27, 1981. Consequently, there is no merit to this contention.
Next, the appellant contends that Judge Vining abused his discretion in denying its motion for a continuance on ...
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