United States v. Yamaguchi

237 F. App'x 292

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: June 26, 2007
• Docket: No. 05-10528
• Status: Published

Opinion

MEMORANDUM

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Arieta Yamaguchi failed to file a notice of appeal within ten days of the entry of judgment. See Fed. R.App. P. 4(b)(1). The Commissioner’s Order of October 11, 2005, dealt with the styling of the appeal, which we interpreted as an attempted direct criminal appeal, and did not determine whether any appeal was timely. While filing a notice of appeal within sixty days of the entry of judgment would suffice for a habeas case, see Fed. R.App. P. 4(a)(1)(B), a notice of appeal for a direct criminal appeal must be filed within ten days, see id. at 4(b)(1). Because the government raised the untimely nature of the notice in its responsive brief, we must dismiss the appeal for noncompliance with Rule 4Q3). See United States v. Sadler, 480 F.3d 932, 939, 940 n. 10 (9th Cir.2007).

Were we to entertain the appeal, we would deny it. Having elected to represent herself after sufficient warning of the dangers of doing so, Yamaguchi is precluded from arguing that her self-representation was ineffective. See United States v. Lopez-Osuna, 242 F.3d 1191, 1200 (9th Cir.2000); see also Bribiesca v. Galaza, 215 F.3d 1015, 1020 (9th Cir.2000) (“In deciding whether a defendant has knowingly and intelligently decided to represent himself, the trial court is to look not to the quality of his representation, but rather to the quality of his decision.”).

DISMISSED.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.