Calvo v. Look

597 F.2d 1267 Consuelo Artero CALVO, Felix V. Calvo, Jr., Josephine A. Calvo, Oscar L. Calvo, Ovidio R. A. Calvo, Evelyna C. MacDonald, Rufina Calvo Perez, Finton J. Phelan, Jr., Maria Teresita Calvo Roberto, Francisco C. Sablan, Pilar C. Verlarde, and Doris C. Walters, Petitioners-Appellees, v. Harold Dwight LOOK, Oppositor-Appellant. No. 77-3247. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. May 31, 1979. Thomas J. Perham, of Ferenz, Bramhall, Williams & Gruskin, Agana, Guam, for oppositor-appellant. Howard G. Trapp, of Trapp, Gayle, Teker, Lacy & Moore, Agana, Guam, for petitioners-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Guam. Before BROWNING, CHOY and HUG, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: 1 The district court properly held that Look's notice of appeal was untimely. Look acknowledges that his notice was untimely under the literal terms of Guam R.App.P. 2(a), which requires that notice of appeal be filed within 15 "days from the entry of the judgment appealed from." He argues, however, that because Local Rule 77(d) requires the clerk of the court to notify the parties of a judgment, the 15-day period does not begin running until such…