Free Order - District Court of Colorado - Colorado

Case 1:04-cr-00103-REB

Document 848

Filed 09/20/2006

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Judge Robert E. Blackburn Criminal Case No. 04-cr-00103-REB-05 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. 5. JANNICE McLAIN SCHMIDT, Defendant.

ORDER DIRECTING THE FILING OF A NOTICE OF APPEAL Blackburn, J. The matter comes before me sua sponte for construction of the letter [#844] dated September 10, 2006, and filed September 15, 2006, by defendant. I construe the defendant's letter as either a lay form of notice of appeal or as a request for the preparation and filing of a notice of appeal.1 THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the clerk of the court shall prepare and file immediately a notice of appeal on behalf of the defendant, Jannice McLain Schmidt. Dated September 20, 2006, at Denver, Colorado. BY THE COURT: s/ Robert E. Blackburn Robert E. Blackburn United States District Judge

See Fed. R. Crim. P. 32(j)(2), which provides that at defendant's request the clerk m ust prepare and file im m ediately a notice of appeal on defendant's behalf.

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