Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Quentin Dawan HAYES, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-10-02
Citations: 584 F. App'x 126
Docket Number: No. 14-6086
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Quentin Dawan HAYES, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before MOTZ, Circuit Judge, and HAMILTON and DAVIS, Senior Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 584
Pages: 126–127

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Quentin Dawan HAYES, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 14-6086.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Sept. 24, 2014.
Decided: Oct. 2, 2014.
Quentin Dawan Hayes, Appellant Pro Se. Alfred William Walker Bethea, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, Florence, South Carolina, for Appellee.
Before MOTZ, Circuit Judge, and HAMILTON and DAVIS, Senior Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Quentin Dawan Hayes seeks to appeal the district court's order dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2012) motion. This appeal is before us following our limited remand to the district court for a determination of the date on which Hayes delivered the notice of appeal to prison officials for mailing. 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 district court's order was entered on the docket on October 31, 2013. The notice of appeal was filed on January 7, 2014. Because Hayes 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.
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, 108 S.Ct. 2379, 101 L.Ed.2d 245 (1988).