The opinion
UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 09-1301
JEROME JULIUS BROWN, SR.,
Plaintiff – Appellant,
v.
MARGARET ANN NOLAN,
Defendant – Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore. William D. Quarles, Jr., District
Judge. (1:08-cv-02969-WDQ)
Submitted: April 20, 2009 Decided: May 8, 2009
Before NIEMEYER, TRAXLER, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Jerome Julius Brown, Sr., Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Jerome Julius Brown, Sr., seeks to appeal the district
court’s order dismissing his civil action. We dismiss the
appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the notice of appeal was
not timely filed.
Parties in a civil case are required to file the
notice of appeal within thirty days after the judgment or order
appealed from is entered, Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(A), unless the
district court extends the appeal period under Fed. R. App. P.
4(a)(5), or reopens the appeal period under Fed. R. App. P.
4(a)(6). This appeal period is mandatory and jurisdictional.
Bowles v. Russell, 551 U.S. 205 (2007).
The district court’s order was entered on November 10,
2008. The notice of appeal was filed on February 18, 2009. See
Fed. R. App. P. 4(d). Because Brown failed to file a timely
notice of appeal or to obtain an extension or reopening of the
appeal period, we dismiss the appeal. We dispense with oral
argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately
presented in the materials before the court and argument would
not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED
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