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Parties Involved:
Defense Information Systems Agency
Appellee
Mark T. Esper
Appellee
Robert Knutti
Appellee
Dwayne Lavaughn Lester
Appellant
Katherine Lloyd
Appellee
Alan Lynn
Appellee
Office of the Inspector General
Appellee
Nancy Solomon
Appellee
Jang Suh
Appellee
Cindy Your
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 19-2189

DWAYNE LAVAUGHN LESTER,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

MARK T. ESPER, Secretary, United States Department of Defense; DEFENSE 

INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY (DISA); OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR 

GENERAL; CINDY YOUR; ALAN LYNN, Director; JANG SUH, IG Inspector; 

NANCY SOLOMON, IG Inspector; ROBERT KNUTTI, Visual Information Chief; 

KATHERINE LLOYD, (DISA),

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. 

Catherine C. Blake, District Judge. (1:18-cv-03749-CCB)

Submitted: February 20, 2020 Decided: February 24, 2020

Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, RUSHING, Circuit Judge, and TRAXLER, Senior 

Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Dwayne Lavaughn Lester, Appellant Pro Se. 

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Dwayne Lavaughn Lester seeks to appeal the district court’s orders granting 

Defendants’ motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction Lester’s civil action 

against them, and subsequently denying Lester’s Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e) motion. 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 in a civil case, 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 entered its order denying Lester’s Rule 59(e) motion on August 

20, 2019. Lester filed his notice of appeal on October 24, 2019. Because Lester 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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