State v. Sides

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[Cite as State v. Sides, 2008-Ohio-6058.] THE COURT OF APPEALS ELEVENTH APPELLATE DISTRICT LAKE COUNTY, OHIO STATE OF OHIO, : MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiff-Appellee, : CASE NO. 2008-L-145 -vs- : BRYAN W. SIDES, Defendant-Appellant. : : Civil Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas, Case No. 95 CR 000193. Judgment: Appeal dismissed. Charles Coulson, Lake County Prosecutor, 105 Main Street, P.O. Box 490, Painesville, OH 44077 (For Plaintiff-Appellee). Bryan W. Sides, pro se, PID: A312-461, Ross Correctional Institution, P.O. Box 7010, Chillicothe, OH 45601-7010 (Defendant-Appellant). COLLEEN MARY O TOOLE, J., {¶1} On September 25, 2008, appellant, Bryan W. Sides, pro se, filed a notice of appeal from an August 25, 2008 judgment of the Lake County Court of Common Pleas. Appellant s notice of appeal was due to be filed by September 24, 2008, which was not a holiday or a weekend. Thus, his appeal was untimely filed. {¶2} App.R. 4(A) states: {¶3} A party shall file the notice of appeal required by App.R. 3 within thirty days of the later of entry of the judgment or order appealed ***. {¶4} Loc.R. 3(D)(2) of the Eleventh District Court of Appeals provides: {¶5} In the filing of a Notice of Appeal in civil cases in which the trial court clerk has not complied with Ohio Civ.R. 58(B), and the Notice of Appeal is deemed to be filed out of rule, appellant shall attach an affidavit from the trial court clerk stating that service was not perfected pursuant to Ohio App.R. 4(A). The clerk shall then perfect service and furnish this Court with a copy of the appearance docket in which date of service has been noted. Lack of compliance shall result in the sua sponte dismissal of the appeal under Ohio App.R. 4(A). (Emphasis sic.) {¶6} Here, appellant has neither complied with the thirty-day rule set forth in App.R. 4(A) nor alleged that there was a failure by the trial court clerk to comply with Civ.R. 58(B). The time requirement is jurisdictional in nature and may not be enlarged by an appellate court. State ex rel. Pendell v. Adams Cty. Bd. of Elections (1988), 40 Ohio St.3d 58, 60; App.R. 14(B). {¶7} Accordingly, this appeal is dismissed, sua sponte, pursuant to App. R. 4(A). DIANE V. GRENDELL, P.J., MARY JANE TRAPP, J., concur. 2

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