Case Name: Terrance SYKES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Christopher ZYCH, Warden, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-03-27
Citations: 562 F. App'x 161
Docket Number: No. 13-7612
Parties: Terrance SYKES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Christopher ZYCH, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before GREGORY, KEENAN, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 562
Pages: 161–162

Head Matter:
Terrance SYKES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Christopher ZYCH, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 13-7612.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: March 25, 2014.
Decided: March 27, 2014.
Terrance Sykes, Appellant Pro Se.
Before GREGORY, KEENAN, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Terrance Sykes seeks to appeal the district court's orders dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (2012) petition, denying his motion for reconsideration, and denying his motion to correct a clerical error. 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 sixty 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, 127 S.Ct. 2360, 168 L.Ed.2d 96 (2007).
The last of the district court's orders that Sykes challenges was entered on the docket on June 5, 2013. The notice of appeal was filed on September 20, 2013. Because Sykes failed to file a timely notice of appeal or to obtain an extension or reopening of the appeal period, we deny leave to proceed in forma pauperis and 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.
For the purpose of this appeal, we assume that the date appearing on the notice of appeal is the earliest date it could have been properly delivered to prison officials for mailing to the court. Fed. R.App. P. 4(c); Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266, 276, 108 S.Ct. 2379, 101 L.Ed.2d 245 (1988).