Legal Opinion
Michael Montez Porchia v. Larry Norris, Director, Arkansas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 24, 2001No. 01-1981PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BYE, Circuit Judge.
Michael Porchia, a state prisoner, may— or may not — have timely filed a notice of appeal. He bears the burden of demonstrating timeliness and the only evidence in the record suggests that his appeal was filed six days late. Moreover, Porchia has not shown that he is entitled to benefit from the prisoner mailbox rule, Fed. R.App.P. 4(c)(1), which deems an appeal filed with prison officials to be filed with the clerk. We therefore dismiss his appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
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A Pulaski County jury convicted Porchia of two counts of second-degree murder and one count of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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