Christopher L. Stewart v. State of Colorado

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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CHRISTOPHER L. STEWART,
Plaintiff-Appellant
v.
STATE OF COLORADO,
Defendant-Appellee
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2025-1649
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Appeal from the United States District Court for the
District of Colorado in No. 1:24-cv-02159-LTB-RTG, Senior
Judge Lewis T. Babcock.
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PER CURIAM.
O R D E R
No party having filed a response to the court’s June 12,
2025 show cause order, we now dismiss.
Christopher L. Stewart filed a complaint against the
State of Colorado in the United States District Court for
the District of Colorado “seek[ing] a total of $1,500,000.00,”
Dkt. No. 18 at 5, and asserting, among other things, civil
rights claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On November 18,
2024, the district court entered judgment dismissing the
case, denied Mr. Stewart leave to proceed in forma
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pauperis on appeal, and certified that any appeal would not
be taken in good faith. On April 15, 2025, Mr. Stewart filed
a notice of appeal seeking review in this court.
“[T]he timely filing of a notice of appeal in a civil case
is a jurisdictional requirement,” Bowles v. Russell, 551 U.S.
205, 214 (2007). Here, Mr. Stewart’s notice of appeal, filed
more than five months after the district court’s November
24, 2024 judgment, is untimely. For at least this reason,
we and any other court of appeals lack jurisdiction. We
therefore dismiss the appeal.
Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED THAT:
(1) The appeal is dismissed.
(2) Each party shall bear its own costs.
September 29, 2025
Date
FOR THE COURT
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