Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-04-26 21:01:30.24281+00
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USCA4 Appeal: 23-6039      Doc: 6          Filed: 04/25/2023   Pg: 1 of 2

                                             UNPUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                               No. 23-6039

        DANIEL TAYLOR,

                            Plaintiff - Appellant,

                     v.

        BRENDA RAVIZEE, Grievance Coordinator Wallens Ridge State Prison; ROBERTS, CO
        VADOC Wallens Ridge State Prison; MOORE, CO VADOC Wallens Ridge State Prison;
        BLEDSOE, CO VADOC Wallens Ridge State Prison; DAY, CO VADOC Wallens Ridge
        State Prison; MCMURRAY, CO VADOC Wallens Ridge State Prison; ZIEBKO, CO
        VADOC Wallens Ridge State Prison,

                            Defendants - Appellees.

        Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, at
        Roanoke. Elizabeth Kay Dillon, District Judge. (7:22-cv-00635-EKD-JCH)

        Submitted: April 20, 2023                                           Decided: April 25, 2023

        Before KING and QUATTLEBAUM, Circuit Judges, and FLOYD, Senior Circuit Judge.

        Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        Daniel Taylor, Appellant Pro Se.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

               Daniel Taylor seeks to appeal the district court’s order dismissing without prejudice

        his 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 December 6, 2022. Taylor filed the notice of

        appeal on January 9, 2023. See Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266, 276 (1988) (establishing

        prison mailbox rule). Because Taylor failed to file a timely notice of appeal or to obtain

        an extension or reopening of the appeal period, we dismiss the appeal. Additionally, we

        deny Taylor’s application under the Prison Litigation Reform Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b), to

        proceed on appeal without prepayment of fees.

               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

               *
                Because the district court did not afford Taylor leave to amend, the dismissal order,
        although without prejudice, is a final, appealable order. See Britt v. DeJoy, 45 F.4th 790,
        796 (4th Cir. 2022) (en banc).

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