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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-2081

VERNON ADDISON,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, 

Office of Counsel,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of 

Maryland, at Greenbelt. Deborah K. Chasanow, Senior District 

Judge. (8:13-cv-00846-DKC)

Submitted: April 21, 2016 Decided: April 25, 2016

Before WILKINSON, KING, and KEENAN, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Vernon Addison, Appellant Pro Se. Molissa Heather Farber, 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Baltimore, Maryland, for 

Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Vernon Addison seeks to the appeal the district court’s 

order denying Addison’s second motion for reconsideration of a 

prior order denying relief on his employment discrimination 

complaint. We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction 

because the notice of appeal was not timely filed. 

When the United States or its officer or agency is a party, 

the notice of appeal must be filed no more than 60 days after 

the entry of the district court’s final judgment or order, Fed. 

R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(B), 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 

June 1, 2015. The notice of appeal was filed on September 14, 

2015. Because Addison 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 this court and argument would not aid the 

decisional process.

DISMISSED

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