[Cite as McGann v. Altiere, 2018-Ohio-2891.]
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
ELEVENTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
TRUMBULL COUNTY, OHIO
SEAN MCGANN, : MEMORANDUM OPINION
Plaintiff-Appellant, :
CASE NO. 2018-T-0038
- vs - :
THOMAS ALTIERE, et al., :
Defendants-Appellees. :
Civil Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas, Case No. 2017 CV 01136.
Judgment: Appeal dismissed.
Michael A. Scala, 244 Seneca Avenue, N.E., Warren, OH 44481 (For Plaintiff-Appellant).
Todd M. Raskin, Frank M. Scialdone, and Christina M. Nicholas, Mazanec, Raskin &
Ryder Co., L.P.A., 100 Franklin’s Row, 34305 Solon Road, Cleveland, OH 44139 (For
Defendants-Appellees).
CYNTHIA WESTCOTT RICE, J.
{¶1} Appellant, Sean McGann, through counsel, filed an appeal from an entry
of the Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas.
{¶2} On May 10, 2018, appellees filed a motion to dismiss the appeal because
the appeal was not timely filed. No memorandum in opposition has been filed.
{¶3} App.R. 3(A) expressly states that the only jurisdictional requirement for
filing a valid appeal is to file it 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).
{¶4} “Subject 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.” See App.R. 4(A)(1). Civ.R. 58(B) directs the clerk of
courts to serve the parties with notice of the entry within three days of entering the
judgment upon the journal. If 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} Here, the record shows the trial court issued its entry on March 30, 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 period began to run on the date
of entry of judgment, i.e. March 30, 2018. The deadline for appellant to file his appeal
was April 30, 2018, which was not a holiday or a weekend. Thus, appellant’s May 1,
2018 notice of appeal was untimely filed.
{¶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, appellees’ motion to dismiss is granted, and
this appeal is hereby dismissed pursuant to App.R. 4(A)(1).
DIANE V. GRENDELL, J.,
TIMOTHY P. CANNON, J.,
concur.
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