Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lakendrick FOBBS, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-08-03
Citations: 389 F. App'x 228
Docket Number: No. 10-6697
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lakendrick FOBBS, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before NIEMEYER, GREGORY, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 389
Pages: 228–229

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lakendrick FOBBS, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 10-6697.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: July 22, 2010.
Decided: Aug. 3, 2010.
Lakendrick Fobbs, Appellant Pro Se. Jennifer P. May-Parker, Assistant United States Attorney, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.
Before NIEMEYER, GREGORY, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER GURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Lakendrick Fobbs seeks to appeal the district court's order denying his 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp.2010) motion. 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. RApp. 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 February 2, 2010. The notice of appeal is considered to have been filed on April 19, 2010. Because Fobbs 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).