Case Name: Tyrone JOHNSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Roy COOPER, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-08-02
Citations: 667 F. App'x 790
Docket Number: No. 15-7233
Parties: Tyrone JOHNSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Roy COOPER, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before NIEMEYER, KING, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 667
Pages: 790–790

Head Matter:
Tyrone JOHNSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Roy COOPER, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 15-7233
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: July 26, 2016
Decided: August 2, 2016
Tyrone Johnson, Appellant Pro Se. Clarence Joe DelForge, III, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.
Before NIEMEYER, KING, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Tyrone Johnson seeks to appeal the district court's order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2012) federal habeas petition. We previously remanded this case to the district court for the limited purpose of determining whether the appeal period should be reopened pursuant to Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(6). See Johnson v. Cooper, 623 Fed.Appx. 108 (4th Cir. 2015). On remand, the district court permitted reopening under Rule 4(a)(6), but Johnson thereafter failed to file a notice of appeal. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
Parties are accorded 30 days after 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 Rule 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 March 31, 2015. Pursuant to its order on remand, which was entered on February 1, 2016, the district court reopened the appeal period for 14 days to allow Johnson to timely note an appeal from the dispositive order. Since then, however, Johnson has not filed anything in the district court that could be construed as a notice of appeal. Because Johnson failed to file a timely notice of appeal after he obtained a reopening of the appeal period, and no authority permits the court to further extend or reopen the appeal period, we dismiss the appeal. We deny Johnson's application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. 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