Case Name: Ray A. WILLIAMS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. McKither BODISON, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-12-28
Citations: 406 F. App'x 706
Docket Number: No. 10-7519
Parties: Ray A. WILLIAMS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. McKither BODISON, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before WILKINSON, SHEDD, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 406
Pages: 706–707

Head Matter:
Ray A. WILLIAMS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. McKither BODISON, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 10-7519.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Dec. 9, 2010.
Decided: Dec. 28, 2010.
Ray A. Williams, Appellant Pro Se. Donald John Zelenka, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Alphonso Simon, Jr., Office of the Attorney General of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.
Before WILKINSON, SHEDD, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Ray A. Williams seeks to appeal the district court's order adopting the recom mendation of the magistrate judge and dismissing as untimely his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2006) petition. We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the notice of appeal was not timely filed.
Parties are accorded thirty 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. 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. 2860, 168 L.Ed.2d 96 (2007).
The district court's order was entered on the docket on June 15, 2010. The notice of appeal was filed on October 6, 2010. Because Williams 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 the 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).