Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-05-24 21:01:07.331444+00
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                                            UNPUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                              No. 23-1020

        RANDALL SOUSA,

                            Plaintiff - Appellant,

                     v.

        CIRCUIT COURT OF FAIRFAX COUNTY; WILLBERG TEDDY
        CHAPILLIQUEN; THE HONORABLE DAVID BERNHARD; THE
        HONORABLE CHARLES S. SHARP,

                            Defendants - Appellees.

        Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at
        Alexandria. Michael Stefan Nachmanoff, District Judge. (1:21-cv-01304-MSN-JFA)

        Submitted: May 18, 2023                                           Decided: May 23, 2023

        Before NIEMEYER, RICHARDSON, and RUSHING, Circuit Judges.

        Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        Randall Sousa, Appellant Pro Se. Sheri H. Kelly, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY
        GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Abingdon, Virginia, for Appellees.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

               Randall Sousa seeks to appeal the district court’s order granting Defendants’ motion

        to dismiss Sousa’s civil claims. 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 and judgment on November 17, 2022. Sousa

        filed the notice of appeal on January 5, 2023. Because Sousa 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

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