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

Armstead v. Bragg

Armstead v. Bragg
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · Decided September 30, 2024

Armstead v. Bragg

Opinion

Case: 24-1836 Document: 4 Page: 1 Filed: 09/30/2024

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ BRENDA C. ARMSTEAD, Plaintiff-Appellant v. ALVIN BRAGG, MICHAEL COHEN, MIKE PENSE, STEPHANIE CLIFFORDS, Defendants-Appellees ______________________ 2024-1836 ______________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in No. 1:23-cv-02976-LTS, Judge Laura Taylor Swain. ______________________ PER CURIAM.

ORDER No party having filed a response to the court’s June 13, 2024 show cause order, we now dismiss.

Brenda C. Armstead sued a district attorney and three private individuals, alleging they engaged in wrongful con- duct in connection with state court proceedings against for- mer President Trump. ECF No. 1-2 at 10. On April 11, 2023, the district court dismissed the action, and Ms. Arm- stead filed her notice of appeal on May 3, 2024.

Case: 24-1836 Document: 4 Page: 2 Filed: 09/30/2024

2 ARMSTEAD v. BRAGG

“[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, Ms. Armstead’s notice of appeal, filed more than a year after the district court’s April 11, 2023 judgment, is clearly untimely. For at least this rea- son, we and any other court of appeals lack jurisdiction.

Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED THAT: (1) The appeal is dismissed. (2) Each party shall bear its own costs.

FOR THE COURT

September 30, 2024 Date

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