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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-7692

FLOYD JOYNER, SR.,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

SHARON JONES, Clerk Isle of Wight Circuit Court; ANTOINETTE 

E. TUCKER, Office of the Public Defender,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Liam O’Grady, District 

Judge. (1:14-cv-01771-LO-MSN)

Submitted: March 17, 2016 Decided: March 21, 2016

Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and KING, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Floyd Joyner, Sr., Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Floyd Joyner, Sr., seeks to appeal the district court’s 

order dismissing his complaint for failure to state a claim 

under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b) (2012). We dismiss the appeal for 

lack of jurisdiction because the notice of appeal was not timely 

filed.

Parties are accorded 30 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 filed on April 30, 2015, and

entered on the docket on May 1, 2015. The notice of appeal was 

filed on October 14, 2015. Because Joyner failed to file a 

timely notice of appeal or to obtain an extension or reopening 

of the appeal period, we dismiss the appeal. We deny Joyner’s 

motions for default judgment and to amend and 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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