Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-02-22 21:00:49.904069+00
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                                            UNPUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                              No. 22-2068

        CAROLYN FRANCES COVINGTON,

                            Plaintiff - Appellant,

                     v.

        DENIS RICHARD MCDONOUGH, Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs,

                            Defendant - Appellee.

        Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at
        Columbia. Joseph Dawson, III, District Judge. (3:19-cv-03399-JD)

        Submitted: February 16, 2023                                 Decided: February 21, 2023

        Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, RUSHING, Circuit Judge, and FLOYD, Senior Circuit
        Judge.

        Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        Carolyn Frances Covington, Appellant Pro Se. William Hammond Jordan, OFFICE OF
        THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

               Carolyn Frances Covington seeks to appeal the district court’s order adopting the

        magistrate judge’s report and recommendation and granting Denis Richard McDonough

        summary judgment on Covington’s age discrimination claims. We dismiss the appeal for

        lack of jurisdiction because the notice of appeal was not timely filed.

               When the United States or its officer or agency is a party in a civil case, the notice

        of appeal must be filed no more than 60 days after the entry of the district court’s final

        judgment or order, Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(B), 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 August 8, 2022. Covington filed the notice of

        appeal on October 11, 2022. Because Covington 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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