Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2019-08-22 19:00:31.446457+00
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UNPUBLISHED

                       UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                       No. 19-1359

CYNTHIA FISHER,

                     Plaintiff - Appellant,

              v.

FRONTLINE NATIONAL,

                     Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at
Asheville. Max O. Cogburn, Jr., District Judge. (1:18-cv-00193-MOC-WCM)

Submitted: August 20, 2019                                        Decided: August 22, 2019

Before FLOYD and RUSHING, Circuit Judges, and SHEDD, Senior Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Cynthia Fisher, Appellant Pro Se. Kelly S. Hughes, OGLETREE DEAKINS NASH
SMOAK & STEWART, PC, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:

       Cynthia Fisher seeks to appeal the district court’s order dismissing her employment

discrimination complaint. 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 (2007).

       The district court’s order was entered on the docket on March 5, 2019. The notice

of appeal was filed on April 5, 2019. Because Fisher failed to file a timely notice of appeal

or to obtain an extension or reopening of the appeal period, we deny leave to proceed in

forma pauperis and 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

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