McGehee v. Synchrony Bank

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
EASTERN DIVISION
VICTORIA A. MCGEHEE, 	)
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Plaintiff, 	)
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vs. 	) 	Case No. 4:25-cv-0933-MTS
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SYNCHRONY BANK, 	)
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Defendant. 	)
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
Before the Court is Plaintiff’s Motion to Extend Time to File Notice of Appeal
Due to Ongoing Settlement Discussions. 	Doc. [35]. 	The Court concludes that Plaintiff
has neither shown good cause nor excusable neglect to extend the deadline to file an
appeal. 	See Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(5)(A); see also Clowers v. OneWest Bank, FSB, 572 F.
App’x 822, 823–24 (11th Cir. 2014) (per curiam). 	In addition, the Court concludes that
providing extra time for an appeal in this matter would be inappropriate because
Plaintiff’s appeal would be frivolous given that the Court plainly lacks subject-matter
jurisdiction over this matter. See Parker v. Att’y Gen., State of Okl., 953 F.2d 1392 (10th
Cir. 1992) (table decision) (“We do not think the district court abused its discretion in
denying a motion for extra time to file a frivolous appeal.”); United States v. McNeil,
4:24-cr-3048-SMB, 2025 WL 2855626, at *1 (D. Neb. Oct. 8, 2025) (finding “no basis to
extend [defendant’s] deadline to appeal” where his “appeals [we]re frivolous”); see also
Maneikis v. Jordan, 678 F.2d 720, 722 n.7 (7th Cir. 1982) (per curiam) (recognizing that
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courts have concluded that appeals are “frivolous” in cases “in which subject matter
jurisdiction is clearly lacking”).
Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion to Extend Time to File
Notice of Appeal, Doc. [35], is DENIED.
Dated this 8th day of January 2026.
MATTHEW T. SCHELP
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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