The opinion
UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 10-7771
JEROME JULIUS BROWN, SR.,
Petitioner – Appellant,
v.
PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT; ROBERTO HYLTON,
Chief of Police; CORPORAL C. WOOD,
Respondents – Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore. Benson Everett Legg, District Judge.
(1:10-cv-02845-BEL)
Submitted: February 4, 2011 Decided: March 10, 2011
Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, 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Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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 complaint. We dismiss the
appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the notice of appeal was
not timely filed.
Parties are accorded thirty days after the entry of
the district court’s final judgment or order to note an appeal,
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). “[T]he timely
filing of a notice of appeal in a civil case is a jurisdictional
requirement.” Bowles v. Russell, 551 U.S. 205, 214 (2007).
The district court’s order was entered on the docket
on October 25, 2010. The notice of appeal was filed on November
30, 2010. * 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
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For the purpose of this appeal, we assume that the date
appearing on the notice of appeal is the earliest date it could
have been properly deposited in the institution’s internal mail
system for mailing to the court. Fed. R. App. P. 4(c); Houston
v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266 (1988).
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in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the
decisional process.
DISMISSED
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