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Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Other
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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 09-2297

GEORGE W. BLACKWELL, SR.,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

PAULA Y. SMITH, Dr.; PHILLIP STOVER, M.D.; BOYD BENNETT; 

THEODIS BECK; KENNETH TEAGUE; TONY SMITH,

Defendants - Appellees,

and

SHANG-HSIEN STANLEY YUAN; RICK ANDERSON; FMCU,

Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western 

District of North Carolina, at Asheville. Graham C. Mullen,

Senior District Judge. (1:08-cv-00526-GCM)

Submitted: April 29, 2010 Decided: May 3, 2010

Before MOTZ and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior 

Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

George W. Blackwell, Sr., Appellant Pro Se. Yvonne Bulluck 

Ricci, Assistant Attorney General, Raleigh, North Carolina, for 

Appellees.

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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

George W. Blackwell, Sr., seeks to appeal the district 

court’s order dismissing his civil action.∗

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). 

 We dismiss the 

appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the notice of appeal was 

not timely filed.

The district court’s judgment was entered on the 

docket on October 8, 2009. The notice of appeal was filed on

November 10, 2009. Because Blackwell 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

 ∗ Blackwell’s claims against Defendants Paula Smith, M.D., 

and Phillip Stover, M.D., were dismissed without prejudice. The 

remainder of Blackwell’s claims were dismissed with prejudice.

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