Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-06-22 21:03:40.255755+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:20:13.712227
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                                             UNPUBLISHED

                                UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                               No. 23-6222

        CHARLES GAMBLE, a/k/a Charles Edward Gamble, Jr.,

                             Plaintiff - Appellant,

                      v.

        WARDEN KENNETH NELSON; WARDEN TONYA JAMES; MS. HENDRIX; DR.
        KEVIN BURNHAM,

                             Defendants - Appellees,

                      and

        MR. MOORE; MS. SMITH; MR. ROBINSON; MR. JAMES,

                             Defendants.

        Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Florence.
        Terry L. Wooten, Senior District Judge. (4:22-cv-02341-TLW)

        Submitted: June 15, 2023                                           Decided: June 21, 2023

        Before DIAZ, RICHARDSON, and HEYTENS, Circuit Judges.

        Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        Charles Gamble, Appellant Pro Se.
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        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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        PER CURIAM:

               Charles Gamble seeks to appeal the district court’s order adopting the magistrate

        judge’s report and recommendation and dismissing Gamble’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 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 November 28, 2022. Gamble filed the notice

        of appeal on February 19, 2023. * Because Gamble 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

               *
                For the purpose of this appeal, we assume that the date appearing on the notice of
        appeal is the earliest date Gamble could have delivered the notice to prison officials for
        mailing to the court. Fed. R. App. P. 4(c)(1); Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266, 276 (1988).

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