Source: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-ca4-15-07599/USCOURTS-ca4-15-07599-0/pdf.json

Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 

---

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-7599

DEBORAH J. SANDERS,

Petitioner – Appellant,

v.

WARDEN OF LEATH CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION,

Respondent – Appellee,

and

SOUTH CAROLINA, State of,

Respondent.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of 

South Carolina, at Anderson. David C. Norton, District Judge. 

(8:14-cv-02403-DCN)

Submitted: March 14, 2016 Decided: April 5, 2016

Before DUNCAN and DIAZ, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior 

Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Deborah J. Sanders, Appellant Pro Se. Donald John Zelenka, 

Senior Assistant Attorney General, Columbia, South Carolina, for 

Appellee.

Appeal: 15-7599 Doc: 6 Filed: 04/05/2016 Pg: 1 of 4
2

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

Appeal: 15-7599 Doc: 6 Filed: 04/05/2016 Pg: 2 of 4
3

PER CURIAM:

Deborah J. Sanders seeks to appeal the district court’s 

order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and 

denying her 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition. 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 entered on the docket on 

August 2, 2015. The notice of appeal was filed, at the 

earliest, on October 7, 2015. Because Sanders failed to file a 

timely notice of appeal or 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 

 * Additionally, Sanders failed to file timely objections to 

the magistrate judge’s report and recommendation, despite having 

been properly warned of the consequences of failing to do so. 

Thus, she has also waived appellate review of her claims. See

Wright v. Collins, 766 F.2d 841, 845-46 (4th Cir. 1985). 

Appeal: 15-7599 Doc: 6 Filed: 04/05/2016 Pg: 3 of 4
4

presented in the materials before this court and argument would 

not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED

Appeal: 15-7599 Doc: 6 Filed: 04/05/2016 Pg: 4 of 4