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Parties Involved:
Horry County Department of Social Services
Appellee
Yvonne Nelson
Appellant
Social Security Administration
Appellee
South Carolina Department of Social Services
Appellee
Unknown Defendant

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-1215

YVONNE NELSON,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES; HORRY COUNTY 

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES; SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION,

Defendants – Appellees, 

and

UNKNOWN DEFENDANT,

Defendant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of 

South Carolina, at Florence. R. Bryan Harwell, District Judge. 

(4:15-cv-02607-RBH)

Submitted: May 18, 2016 Decided: May 20, 2016

Before SHEDD, DIAZ, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Yvonne Nelson, Appellant Pro Se. 

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Yvonne Nelson seeks to appeal the district court’s order 

adopting the magistrate judge’s recommendation and dismissing

without prejudice her civil action. Nelson also seeks to appeal

the district court’s order denying her Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e) motion

to alter or amend the judgment. We dismiss the appeal for lack of 

jurisdiction because the notice of appeal was not timely filed. 

When the United States or its officer or agency is a party, 

the notice of appeal must be filed no more than 60 days after the 

entry of the district court’s final judgment or order, Fed. R. 

App. P. 4(a)(1)(B), 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 denying reconsideration was 

entered on the docket on August 13, 2015. See Fed. R. App. P. 

4(a)(4)(A)(iv). The notice of appeal was filed on February 29, 

2016. Because Nelson 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

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materials before this court and argument would not aid the 

decisional process.

DISMISSED

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