Carlos Escamilla v. George Giurbino

569 F. App'x 506

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: April 14, 2014
• Docket: 12-57182
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

California state prisoner Carlos Cortez Escamilla appeals pro se from the district court’s order denying his motion for relief from judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1988 action alleging that his due process and equal protection rights were violated in connection with a disciplinary hearing. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review for an abuse of discretion. Sch. Dist. No. 1J, Multnomah Cnty., Or. v. ACandS, Inc., 5 F.3d 1255, 1262 (9th Cir.1993). We affirm.

The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying Escamilla’s motion for relief from judgment because Escamilla failed to show grounds warranting such relief. See id. at 1263 (setting forth grounds for relief from judgment under Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b)).

Contrary to defendants’ contention, we have jurisdiction over the district court’s order denying Escamilla’s motion for relief from judgment because Escamilla’s timely motion for an extension to file an appeal is the functional equivalent of a notice of appeal. See Estrada v. Scribner, 512 F.3d 1227, 1236 (9th Cir.2008) (noting that a documentas the functional equivalent of a notice of appeal if it is filed within the time specified by Fed. R.App. P. 4 and gives the notice required by Fed. R.App. P. 3, and that a more lenient standard is used with pro se litigants); Andrade v. Attorney General of Cal., 270 F.3d 743, 752 (9th Cir.2001), rev’d on other grounds, 538 U.S. 63, 123 S.Ct. 1166, 155 L.Ed.2d 144 (2003) (holding that pro se prisoner’s timely motion for an extension to file an appeal was the functional equivalent of a notice of appeal).

We lack jurisdiction to consider the district court’s summary judgment because Escamilla failed to file a timely notice of appeal from the judgment. See Fed. R.App. P. 4(a)(1), (4) (notice of appeal must be filed within thirty days after entry of judgment, and only a timely tolling motion suspends time to appeal).

We lack jurisdiction to consider the district court’s postjudgment rejection of Escamilla’s request for a voluntary dispute resolution program because Escamilla failed to file an amended or separate notice of appeal. See Whitaker v. Garcetti, 486 F.3d 572, 585 (9th Cir.2007) (appellant generally must file a separate notice of appeal or amend a previously filed notice of appeal to secure review of a postjudgment order).

AFFIRMED.

** This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.