Lomax v. Mayor of the City of Miami

Court: Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Date filed: 2023-08-22
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Case: 23-1982     Document: 6      Page: 1   Filed: 08/22/2023




           NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.


   United States Court of Appeals
       for the Federal Circuit
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                     MATTIE LOMAX,
                     Plaintiff-Appellant

                              v.

 MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, CITY OF MIAMI
    POLICE DEPARTMENT, JORGE LOO, ERIC
  SAAVEDRA, BLACK FEMALE, OFFICER THAT
   SEARCHED MS. LOMAX, (NFN) LATTIMORE,
         DEPUTY OF COURT NOTARY,
              Defendants-Appellees
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                        2023-1982
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   Appeal from the United States District Court for the
Southern District of Florida in No. 1:09-cv-21176-ASG,
Judge Alan S. Gold.
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PER CURIAM.
                         ORDER
    Mattie Lomax seeks to appeal from a 2010 order of
the district court entering final judgment against her. As
was recently explained to Ms. Lomax in another of her
appeals, Lomax v. Miami Police Department, Appeal No.
2023-1504, ECF No. 7 (Fed. Cir. May 18, 2023), “the
timely filing of a notice of appeal in a civil case is a juris-
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2                       LOMAX v. MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MIAMI




dictional requirement,” Bowles v. Russell, 551 U.S. 205,
214 (2007), and, in order to be timely, a notice of appeal
must generally be filed within 30 days after entry of final
judgment, 28 U.S.C. § 2107(a); Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(A).
More than a decade has passed since the appealed-from
order was entered. Because no court has jurisdiction over
this untimely appeal, we dismiss.
    Accordingly,
    IT IS ORDERED THAT:
    (1) The appeal is dismissed.
    (2) Each side shall bear its own costs.
                                        FOR THE COURT

August 22, 2023                         /s/ Jarrett B. Perlow
    Date                                Jarrett B. Perlow
                                        Clerk of Court