U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2024

Sylvester Johnson v. Secretary, Department of Corrections

Sylvester Johnson v. Secretary, Department of Corrections
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · Decided May 15, 2024

Sylvester Johnson v. Secretary, Department of Corrections

Opinion

USCA11 Case: 22-13948 Document: 29-1 Date Filed: 05/15/2024 Page: 1 of 2

[DO NOT PUBLISH] In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________ No. 22-13948 Non-Argument Calendar ____________________ SYLVESTER JOHNSON, Petitioner-Appellant, versus SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, ATTORNEY GENERAL, STATE OF FLORIDA,

Respondents-Appellees.

____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida D.C. Docket No. 8:19-cv-02297-CEH-TGW USCA11 Case: 22-13948 Document: 29-1 Date Filed: 05/15/2024 Page: 2 of 2

2 Opinion of the Court 22-13948 ____________________ Before WILSON, BRASHER, and ABUDU, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM: Sylvester Johnson, pro se, appeals the district court’s final judgment denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition. Upon review of the record and the State’s response to the jurisdictional questions, we conclude that we lack jurisdiction over the appeal.

Johnson’s November 17, 2022 notice of appeal is untimely to appeal from the district court’s July 27, 2022 final judgment. See 28 U.S.C. § 2107(a); Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(A). Following a limited remand, the district court denied Johnson’s construed motion for relief under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(a)(6). Johnson has not challenged that decision. Thus, we lack jurisdiction over this appeal. See Green v. Drug Enf’t Admin., 606 F.3d 1296, 1300-01 (11th Cir. 2010) (noting that the timely filing of a notice of appeal in a civil action is a jurisdictional requirement).

Accordingly, this appeal is DISMISSED for lack of jurisdic- tion. All pending motions are DENIED as MOOT.

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