Morrison v. City of Los Angeles

Full title: Robert Wayne MORRISON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES; City…

Court: United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Date published: Jan 7, 1992

952 F.2d 1399 (9th Cir. 1992)

Opinion

952 F.2d 1399 (9th Cir. 1992) Robert Wayne MORRISON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES; City of Long Beach, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 87-6275. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit January 7, 1992

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Decided Jan. 15, 1992.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California, No. CV-81-2983-WMB; William Matthew Byrne, District Judge, Presiding.

C.D.Cal.

DISMISSED.

Before FARRIS, NOONAN and TROTT, Circuit Judges.

ORDER

Final judgment was entered on July 9, 1987. A notice of appeal was filed on August 10, 1987. Appellant did not file a notice of appeal within thirty days as required by Fed.R.App.P. 4(a)(1). Because time periods for appeal are jurisdictional, see Allah v. Superior Court, 871 F.2d 887, 890 n. 1 (9th Cir.1989), Beaudry Motor Co. v. Abko Properties, Inc., 780 F.2d 751, 754 (9th Cir.1986), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 825 (1986), the court lacks jurisdiction to address the substantive claims.

The appeal in the above-entitled case is hereby dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.

DISMISSED.