Farkas v. Rumore

This is an appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Louis Stanton, J.)., Judge Stanton dismissed Farkas’s claims, holding that Farkas had failed to exhaust his contractual remedies. We dismiss his appeal as untimely- '

Fed. R.App. P. 4(a)(1) requires that an appellant file a notice of appeal within 30 days of the date of entry of judgment or order appealed from. The Supreme Court has stated that “the taking of an appeal within the prescribed time limits is mandatory and jurisdictional.” Budinich v. Becton Dickinson & Co., 486 U.S. 196, 203,108 S.Ct.…