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Parties Involved:
Joseph R. Hollingsworth
Appellee
Malakim Ben Israel
Appellant

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-6840

MALAKIM BEN ISRAEL,

Plaintiff – Appellant,

v.

JOSEPH R. HOLLINGSWORTH,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. James C. Dever III, 

Chief District Judge. (5:15-ct-03200-D)

Submitted: November 17, 2016 Decided: November 29, 2016

Before TRAXLER, SHEDD, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Malakim Ben Israel, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Malakim Ben Israel seeks to appeal the district court’s 

order dismissing this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2012) action. 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 

March 29, 2016. The notice of appeal is deemed filed on May 30, 

2016, when Ben Israel hand-dated it. Because Ben Israel failed 

to file a timely notice of appeal or to obtain an extension or 

reopening of the appeal period, we dismiss the appeal. The 

motion for appointment of counsel is denied. 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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