Case Name: Deborah E. MAPP, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH & DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-11-05
Citations: 486 F. App'x 386
Docket Number: No. 12-1937
Parties: Deborah E. MAPP, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH & DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before GREGORY, DUNCAN, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 486
Pages: 386–386

Head Matter:
Deborah E. MAPP, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH & DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 12-1937.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Oct. 11, 2012.
Decided: Nov. 5, 2012.
Deborah E. Mapp, Appellant Pro Se.
Before GREGORY, DUNCAN, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Deborah E. Mapp seeks to appeal the district court's order dismissing her complaint for failure to comply with a court order directing her to pay a $350 filing fee. 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. 2360, 168 L.Ed.2d 96 (2007).
The district court's order was entered on the docket on June 15, 2012. Accordingly, the latest day for filing a timely notice of appeal was Monday, July 16, 2012. Mapp's notice of appeal, however, was not received for filing until Tuesday, July 17, 2012. See Fed. R.App. P. 4(d). Because Mapp failed to file a timely notice of appeal or to obtain an extension or reopening of the appeal period, we are constrained to dismiss the appeal as untimely. We also deny leave to proceed on appeal in forma pauperis. 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.