Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Troy Lamont MURPHY, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-01-23
Citations: 506 F. App'x 195
Docket Number: No. 12-7636
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Troy Lamont MURPHY, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before GREGORY, SHEDD, and KEENAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 506
Pages: 195–196

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Troy Lamont MURPHY, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 12-7636.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Jan. 17, 2013.
Decided: Jan. 23, 2013.
Troy Lamont Murphy, Appellant Pro Se. Edward D. Gray, Assistant United States Attorney, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.
Before GREGORY, SHEDD, and KEENAN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Troy Lamont Murphy seeks to appeal the district court's order dismissing his 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp.2012) motion. We dismiss his appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the notice of appeal was not timely filed. Parties in civil cases such as this one are accorded sixty days after the entry of the district court's final judgment or order to note an appeal, 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 fil ing 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 dismissing Murphy's suit was entered on the docket on July 13, 2012. The notice of appeal was filed, at earliest, on September 18, 2012— seven days late. Murphy filed no motion tolling the applicable time period under Fed. R.App. P. 4(a)(4) or (5). We therefore lack jurisdiction to consider Murphy's claims.
Accordingly, we dismiss Murphy's 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).