[Cite as Parker v. Wilcox, 2018-Ohio-1215.]
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
ELEVENTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
TRUMBULL COUNTY, OHIO
NAKYIA D. PARKER, : MEMORANDUM OPINION
Plaintiff-Appellant, :
CASE NO. 2018-T-0016
- vs - :
RONALD D. WILCOX, et al., :
Defendants-Appellees. :
Civil Appeal from the Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas, Case No. 2017 CV
01012.
Judgment: Appeal dismissed.
Nakyia D. Parker, pro se, PID #A690-764, Lake Erie Correctional Institution, P.O. Box
8000, 501 Thompson Road, Conneaut, OH 44430 (Plaintiff-Appellant).
Frank Mazgaj, Hanna, Campbell & Powell, L.L.P., 3737 Embassy Parkway, Suite 100,
P.O. Box 5521, Akron, OH, 44333 (For Defendants-Appellees, Daniel Parker and
Ronald D. Wilcox).
William Shackelford, 8040 Cleveland Avenue, N.W., Suite 400, Canton, OH 44720 (For
Defendant-Appellee, Progressive Preferred Insurance Company).
TIMOTHY P. CANNON, J.
{¶1} On February 9, 2018, appellant, Nakyia D. Parker, filed a pro se notice of
appeal from a January 9, 2018 entry from the Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas.
{¶2} App.R. 3(A) expressly states that the only jurisdictional requirement for the
filing of a valid appeal is to file a notice of appeal within the time allowed by App.R. 4.
The Supreme Court of Ohio has held that the failure to comply with the time
requirements of App.R. 4(A) is a jurisdictional defect, which is fatal to an appeal. In re
H.F., 120 Ohio St.3d 499, 2008-Ohio-6810, ¶ 17, citing State ex rel. Pendell v. Adams
Cty. Bd. of Elections, 40 Ohio St.3d 58, 60 (1988).
{¶3} App.R. 4(A)(1) states that, “[s]ubject to the provisions of App.R. 4(A)(3), a
party who wishes to appeal from an order that is final upon its entry shall file the notice
of appeal required by App.R. 3 within 30 days of that entry.” Further, “[i]n a civil case, if
the clerk has not completed service of the order within the three-day period prescribed
in Civ.R. 58(B), the 30-day periods referenced in App.R. 4(A)(1) and 4(A)(2) begin to
run on the date when the clerk actually completes service.” App.R. 4(A)(3).
{¶4} Civ.R. 58(B) directs the clerk of courts to serve the parties with notice of
the judgment within three days of entering the judgment upon the journal. If the Civ.R.
58(B) service does not occur within three days, the time to appeal does not begin to run
until service is made and noted in the appearance docket. Coles v. Lawyers Title Ins.
Corp., 163 Ohio App.3d 659, 664, 2005-Ohio-5360.
{¶5} The record in this case clearly shows that the trial court issued its entry on
January 9, 2018. On that same date, the clerk of courts noted on the appearance
docket that copies of that order were mailed to the parties. Since service was made on
appellant within the three-day period required in Civ.R. 58(B), the thirty-day time period
began to run on the date of entry of judgment, i.e. January 9, 2018. Thus, the deadline
for appellant to file a notice of appeal was February 8, 2018, which was not a holiday or
a weekend. Accordingly, appellant’s notice of appeal was untimely filed.
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{¶6} This court is not empowered to extend the time deadline in civil cases.
Pendell, supra, at 60; see also App.R. 14(B).
{¶7} Based upon the foregoing, this appeal is hereby sua sponte dismissed
pursuant to App.R. 4(A)(1).
{¶8} Appeal dismissed.
DIANE V. GRENDELL, J., concurs,
COLLEEN MARY O’TOOLE, J., concurs in judgment only.
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