GEE, Circuit Judge:
At the threshold of this appeal from the district court's refusal to set aside or remit forfeiture of an appearance bond lies a procedural issue. Notice of appeal was filed timely if the proceeding is controlled by the thirty-day rule for civil cases, untimely if by the ten-day rule for criminal ones. Rule 4, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. The issue is freighted with few or no moral or policy considerations; all that is needed is a clear...
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