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Parties Involved:
Ms. Badgett
Appellee
Edward Boakye
Appellee
Jerome Branch
Appellant
Ms. White
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-6667

JEROME BRANCH,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

MS. BADGETT, Head Nurse; MS. WHITE, RNC-A Nurse; EDWARD 

BOAKYE, Doctor,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Henry Coke Morgan, Jr., Senior 

District Judge. (2:11-cv-00124-HCM-FBS)

Submitted: June 18, 2015 Decided: June 23, 2015

Before SHEDD, DUNCAN, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Jerome Branch, Appellant Pro Se. Jeff W.Rosen, PENDER & COWARD, 

PC, Virginia Beach, Virginia, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Jerome Branch seeks to appeal the district court’s order 

denying relief on Branch’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2012) complaint. 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 Sept. 

14, 2012. The notice of appeal was filed on April 29, 2015. 

Because Branch 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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