In Re Sidney Hoffman and Charlotte Hoffman, Debtors. Sidney Hoffman v. Wallace Harbottle Aby Hervy

94 F.3d 651 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. In re Sidney HOFFMAN and Charlotte Hoffman, Debtors. Sidney HOFFMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Wallace HARBOTTLE; Aby Hervy, Defendants-Appellees. No. 95-56825. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Aug. 12, 1996. * Decided Aug. 22, 1996. Before: BROWNING, SCHROEDER, and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Sidney Hoffman appeals pro se the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel's decision dismissing his appeal as untimely. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 158 (d), and we affirm. 3 The timeliness of a notice of appeal is a question of law which we review de novo. Delaney v. Alexander (In re Delaney), 29 F.3d 516, 517 (9th Cir.1994). A notice of appeal from a decision of the bankruptcy court must be filed within ten days of the date of the entry of judgment appealed from Fed.R.Bankr.P. 8002(a). The time limits established for filing a notice of appeal are mandatory and jurisdictional. Saunders…