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IN RE: LAKE MATHEWS MINERAL PROPERTIES, LTD., Debtor, Paul Merritt, Appellant, v. Lake Mathews Mineral Properties, Ltd.; Elissa D. Miller, Trustee, Appellees.
MEMORANDUM **
Paul Merritt appeals pro se from the district court's order dismissing as untimely his appeal from various orders in Lake Mathews Mineral Properties, LTD.’s bankruptcy court proceedings. We review de novo our own jurisdiction. Silver Sage Partners, Ltd. v. City of Desert Hot Springs ( In re City of Desert Hot Springs), 339 F.3d 782, 787 (9th Cir. 2003). We dismiss for lack of jurisdiction.
We lack jurisdiction because Merritt did not file a timely notice of appeal from any bankruptcy court order that he sought to appeal. See Fed. R. Bankr. P. 8002(a) (14-day time limit to file notice of appeal); Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9022(a) (“Lack of notice of the entry does not affect the time to appeal or relieve or authorize the court to relieve a party for failure to appeal within the time allowed, except as permitted in Rule 8002.”); Anderson v. Mouradick ( In re: Mouradick), 13 F.3d 326, 327 (9th Cir. 1994) (Rule 8002(a)’s time limits are jurisdictional and the untimely filing of a notice of appeal deprives the appellate court of jurisdiction to review the bankruptcy court's order).
Merritt's motion to supplement the record (Docket Entry No. 7) is denied.
DISMISSED.
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Docket No: No. 18-55646
Decided: April 25, 2019
Court: United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
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