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Nature of Suit Code: 448
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights - Education
Cause of Action: 

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 19-2347

GREGORY SCOTT SUMNER,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

DR. BRETT CARTER, Associate Vice Chancellor & Dean of Students; BRADLEY 

WRENN, Coordinator Military-Affiliated Services; REBECCA M. GOINS, 

Detective Criminal Investigations Unit UNCG; BRUCE POMEROY, Office of 

Accessibility Resources and Services,

Defendants - Appellees,

and

UNCG,

Defendant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, at 

Greensboro. Catherine C. Eagles, District Judge. (1:19-cv-00203-CCE-JEP)

Submitted: February 18, 2020 Decided: February 20, 2020

Before MOTZ, HARRIS, and QUATTLEBAUM, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

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Gregory Scott Sumner, Appellant Pro Se. Vanessa N. Totten, Assistant Attorney General, 

NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Raleigh, North Carolina, for 

Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Gregory Scott Sumner seeks to appeal the district court’s order dismissing his civil 

complaint without prejudice for lack of personal jurisdiction. We dismiss the appeal for 

lack of jurisdiction because the notice of appeal was not timely filed. 

In civil cases, parties have 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 entered its order on October 7, 2019. Sumner filed the notice of 

appeal on November 18, 2019.

∗ Because Sumner failed to file a timely notice of appeal or 

to obtain an extension or reopening of the appeal period, we deny leave to proceed in forma 

pauperis and 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

 ∗ See Fed. R. App. P. 4(d) (providing notice of appeal mistakenly filed in court of 

appeals is considered filed in district court on date so noted).

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