Gaines Lashley and Gaines Lashley as Next of Friend for Ronald Gaines Lashley, a Minor v. Ford Motor Company and Richardson Ford Company

Under Rule 4(a), Fed.R.App.P., a notice of appeal from a judgment of. a district court must be filed with the clerk of the district court within 30 days of the date of the entry of the judgment. Filing of a timely notice of appeal is jurisdictional — “unless an appeal is timely taken the reviewing court lacks jurisdiction to hear it.” 9 Moore’s Federal Practice 1204.02[1], at 906 (1973) and cases cited. The question before us in this case on appellee’s motion to dismiss the appeal is whether the notice of appeal was timely filed. We conclude it was not, but remand for a determination of…