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USCA4 Appeal: 24-1094      Doc: 8        Filed: 03/28/2024     Pg: 1 of 2

                                            UNPUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                              No. 24-1094

        PHILLIP O’BRIANT,

                            Plaintiff - Appellant,

                     v.

        NESTLE DREYER’S ICE CREAM COMPANY; KELLI QUINN, Supervisor;
        CAITLIN BERMAN, HR Generalist; LANIK MCINTYRE, Human Resources
        Manager; BILL WOODS, Plant Manager; TERRENCE MURRAY; LISA
        NEASOM; LINDA HASTIE; DAVE BARBOUR,

                            Defendants - Appellees.

        Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore.
        Ellen Lipton Hollander, Senior District Judge. (1:18-cv-01048-ELH)

        Submitted: March 4, 2024                                          Decided: March 28, 2024

        Before AGEE and QUATTLEBAUM, Circuit Judges, and MOTZ, Senior Circuit Judge.

        Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        Phillip O’Briant, Appellant Pro Se. Charles Joseph Kresslein, JACKSON LEWIS PC,
        Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee Nestle Dreyer’s Ice Cream Company.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

                 Phillip O’Briant seeks to appeal the district court’s order dismissing his civil action.

        We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the notice of appeal was not timely

        filed.

                 In civil cases, parties have 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 entered its order on July 7, 2020. O’Briant filed the notice of

        appeal on January 23, 2024. Because O’Briant failed to file a timely notice of appeal or to

        obtain an extension or reopening of the appeal period, we dismiss the appeal. We deny the

        pending motion as moot.

                 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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