Opinion
No. 2008-T-0044.
July 25, 2008.
Civil Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas, Case No. 08 CV 193.
Appeal dismissed.
Dennis Watkins, Trumbull County Prosecutor, (For Plaintiff-Appellee).
Samuel F. Bluedorn, Bluedorn Ohlin, L.L.C., (For Defendant-Appellant).
MEMORANDUM OPINION
{¶ 1} On June 3, 2008, appellant, Richard Dignan, by and through counsel, filed a notice of appeal from an April 29, 2008 judgment of the Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas granting appellee's motion for summary judgment and ordering that appellant was properly classified as a Tier II sex offender under R.C. 2950.01.
{¶ 2} Under App. R. 4(A), appellant's notice of appeal was due to be filed no later than Thursday, May 29, 2008, which was not a holiday or a weekend. Thus, his appeal was filed thirty-five days after the April 29, 2008 appealed judgment was filed and journalized.
{¶ 3} App. R. 4(A) states:
{¶ 4} "A party shall file the notice of appeal required by App. R. 3 within thirty days of the later of entry of the judgment or order appealed or, in a civil case, service of the notice of judgment and its entry if service is not made on the party within the three day rule period in Rule 58(B) of the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure."
{¶ 5} Loc. R. 3(D)(2) of the Eleventh District Court of Appeals provides:
{¶ 6} "In the filing of a Notice of Appeal in civil cases in which the trial court clerk has not complied with Ohio Civ. R. 58(B), and the Notice of Appeal is deemed to be filed out of rule, appellant shall attach an affidavit from the trial court clerk stating that service was not perfected pursuant to Ohio App. R. 4(A). The clerk shall then perfect service and furnish this Court with a copy of the appearance docket in which date of service has been noted. Lack of compliance shall result in the sua sponte dismissal of the appeal under Ohio App. R. 4(A)." (Emphasis sic.)
{¶ 7} Here, appellant has not complied with the thirty-day rule set forth in App. R. 4(A) nor has appellant alleged that there was a failure by the trial court clerk to comply with Civ. R. 58(B). The time requirement is jurisdictional in nature and may not be enlarged by an appellate court. State ex rel. Pendell v. Adams Cty. Bd. of Elections (1988), 40 Ohio St.3d 58, 60; App. R. 14(B).
{¶ 8} Based upon the foregoing analysis, this appeal is hereby sua sponte dismissed as being untimely.
{¶ 9} Appeal dismissed.
DIANE V. GRENDELL, P.J., TIMOTHY P. CANNON, J., concur.