Sudduth v. Texas Health & Human Services Commission

A notice of appeal of a district court’s judgment is timely filed when it is docketed in a district court’s Case Management/Electronic Case Files (CM7ECF) system and a notice of electronic filing of that appeal is sent to counsel. The notice of electronic filing received by Plaintiff-Appellant Karen Renee Sudduth reflected that her appeal was filed one day late. Accordingly, we DISMISS her appeal for lack of jurisdiction.

This case arises from a suit filed by Sudduth against Defendants-Appellees Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Tina Pham, Diamond Mendoza, Gary Gossett, Sandra…