Case Name: Crystal R. SCHINDLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY OFFICE OF CHILD SUPPORT, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-06-22
Citations: 606 F. App'x 102
Docket Number: No. 15-1350
Parties: Crystal R. SCHINDLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY OFFICE OF CHILD SUPPORT, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before SHEDD, DUNCAN, and AGEE, Circuit'Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 606
Pages: 102–102

Head Matter:
Crystal R. SCHINDLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY OFFICE OF CHILD SUPPORT, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 15-1350.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: June 18, 2015.
Decided: June 22, 2015.
Crystal R. Schindler, Appellant Pro Se.
Before SHEDD, DUNCAN, and AGEE, Circuit'Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Crystal R. Schindler seeks to appeal the district court's order dismissing her complaint for failure to state a claim for which relief could be granted. We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the notice of appeal was not timely filed. •
In civil cases in which the United States is not a party, 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. RApp. 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 November 6, 2014. The notice of appeal was filed on April 2, 2015. Because Schindler 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.
Schindler submitted two other filings in the district court prior to filing her notice of appeal. We conclude that neither of these filings constitutes the functional equivalent of a notice of appeal. See Smith v. Barry, 502 U.S. 244, 248, 112 S.Ct. 678, 116 L.Ed.2d 678 (1992); Jackson v. Lightsey, 775 F.3d 170, 175 (4th Cir.2014).