Case Name: Ronald L. TUCK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MASONIC EASTERN STAR HOME OF N.C., d/b/a Whitestone Retirement Community; Life Care Services LLC, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-05-20
Citations: 649 F. App'x 306
Docket Number: No. 16-1058
Parties: Ronald L. TUCK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MASONIC EASTERN STAR HOME OF N.C., d/b/a Whitestone Retirement Community; Life Care Services LLC, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before SHEDD, DIAZ, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 649
Pages: 306–306

Head Matter:
Ronald L. TUCK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MASONIC EASTERN STAR HOME OF N.C., d/b/a Whitestone Retirement Community; Life Care Services LLC, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 16-1058.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: May 18, 2016.
Decided: May 20, 2016.
Ronald L. Tuck, Appellant Pro Se. Michael Douglas McKnight, Ogletree Dea-kins Nash Smoak & Stewart, PC, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees.
Before SHEDD, DIAZ, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Ronald L. Tuck seeks to appeal the district court's order dismissing his civil action alleging employment discrimination. 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, 127 S.Ct. 2360, 168 L.Ed.2d 96 (2007).
The district court's order was entered on the docket on December 14, 2015. The notice of appeal was filed 31 days later, on January 14, 2016. Because Tuck 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.