Mattie Lomax v. Miami Police Department, Johnnie Bernell Mathis

N OTE: This order is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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MATTIE LOMAX,
Plaintiff-Appellant
v.
MIAMI POLICE DEPARTMENT, JOHNNIE
BERNELL MATHIS,
Defendants-Appellees
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2023-1504
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Appeal from the United States District Court for the
Southern District of Florida in No. 1:12-cv-23836-JAL,
Judge Joan A. Lenard.
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P ER CURIAM .
O R D E R
Having considered Mattie Lomax’s response to this
court’s March 23, 2023, order to show cause, we dismiss.
“[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), and, in order to be timely, a notice of ap-
peal 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). Here, Ms. Lomax filed her notice of appeal
nearly 10 years after the district court’s entry of final
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judgment in this case. At least because of this untimeli-
ness, we lack jurisdiction over the appeal, and we cannot
transfer under 28 U.S.C. § 1631 because the appeal would
not be timely in any other court of appeals.
Accordingly,
I T I S O RDERED T HAT :
(1) The appeal is dismissed.
(2) Each party shall bear its own costs.
May 18, 2023
Date
F OR THE COURT
/s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
Peter R. Marksteiner
Clerk of Court
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