Case Name: Darnell Joyce Elaine SIMMONS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CAPE FEAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE; Maria Cook; Joyce Spears; Tommy Herring; Rhonda Tighe; Ken Seino, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-02-21
Citations: 676 F. App'x 219
Docket Number: No. 16-2128
Parties: Darnell Joyce Elaine SIMMONS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CAPE FEAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE; Maria Cook; Joyce Spears; Tommy Herring; Rhonda Tighe; Ken Seino, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, DUNCAN, Circuit Judge, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 676
Pages: 219–219

Head Matter:
Darnell Joyce Elaine SIMMONS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CAPE FEAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE; Maria Cook; Joyce Spears; Tommy Herring; Rhonda Tighe; Ken Seino, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 16-2128
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: February 16, 2017
Decided: February 21, 2017
Darnell Joyce Elaine Simmons, Appellant Pro Se. William Joseph Austin, Jr., WARD & SMITH, PA, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees.
Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, DUNCAN, Circuit Judge, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Darnell Joyce Elaine Simmons seeks to appeal the district court's order dismissing this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B) (2012). We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the notice of appeal was not timely filed.
Parties are accorded 30 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 November 12, 2015. The notice of appeal was filed on September 29, 2016. Because Simmons 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