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Parties Involved:
BP
Appellee
Gordon Ferguson
Appellee
Tony Hayward
Appellee
Ueston Lewis
Appellant

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-2057

UESTON LEWIS,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

GORDON FERGUSON; TONY HAYWARD; BP,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Mark S. Davis, District Judge. 

(2:15-cv-00252-DEM)

Submitted: January 27, 2016 Decided: February 5, 2016

Before WYNN and THACKER, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior 

Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Ueston Lewis, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Ueston Lewis seeks to appeal the district court’s order 

dismissing his complaint as time-barred. 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 

7, 2015. The notice of appeal was filed on Wednesday, September 

9, 2015. Because Lewis 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

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