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Parties Involved:
Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group, LLC
Appellee
John Does 1-10
Appellee
Fannie Mae

Jamie Forbes
Appellant
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 24-1897

JAMIE FORBES, a/k/a Jamie Sprenger,

 Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

ATLANTIC BAY MORTGAGE GROUP, LLC; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC 

REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; JOHN DOES 1-10,

 Defendants - Appellees,

and

FANNIE MAE, trustee for Securitized Trust FNMA 2022-34 Trust,

 Defendant.

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

Statesville. Kenneth D. Bell, District Judge. (5:24-cv-00048-KDB-SCR)

Submitted: December 5, 2024 Decided: December 9, 2024

Before GREGORY and RICHARDSON, Circuit Judges, and FLOYD, Senior Circuit 

Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

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Jamie Forbes, Appellant Pro Se. Christina Heather Bost Seaton, New York, New York,

Emily R. Larrabee, PIERSON FERDINAND LLP, Charlotte, North Carolina, for 

Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Jamie Forbes seeks to appeal the district court’s order dismissing her civil complaint 

for failure to state a claim and for lack of standing. 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 August 14, 2024, and the appeal period expired 

on September 13, 2024. Forbes filed the notice of appeal on September 16, 2024. Because 

Forbes 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 this court and argument would not aid the 

decisional process.

DISMISSED

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