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Date Created: 2024-02-07 21:01:29.10411+00
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                                           UNPUBLISHED

                             UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                 FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                             No. 23-7086

        BILAL A. AL-HAQQ, Michael Dion McFadden,

                           Plaintiff - Appellant,

                     v.

        ASSOCIATE WARDEN JOSEPH CANNING, in his individual and official
        capacity; WARDEN EVONNE WILLINGHAM, in her individual and official
        capacity; ASSOCIATE WARDEN ELAINE FREEMAN, in her individual and
        official capacity; MAJOR JONATHAN WILLIAMS, in his individual and official
        capacity; CAPTAIN VALERIE THOMAS, in her individual and official capacity;
        DHO DEDRIC WILLIAMS, in his individual and official capacity; SERGEANT
        MICHAEL HARRIS, in his individual and official capacity; IGC JENNIFER
        FRANKLIN, in her individual and official capacity,

                           Defendants - Appellees.

        Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at
        Charleston. Donald C. Coggins, Jr., District Judge. (2:20-cv-03233-DCC)

        Submitted: January 30, 2024                                Decided: February 6, 2024

        Before KING, AGEE, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

        Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
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        Bilal A. Al-Haqq, Appellant Pro Se. Elloree Ann Ganes, Evan Michael Sobocinski, HOOD
        LAW FIRM, LLC, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellees.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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        PER CURIAM:

               Bilal A. Al-Haqq seeks to appeal the district court’s order adopting the

        recommendation of the magistrate judge, denying his summary judgment motion, and

        granting in part and denying in part Defendants’ summary judgment motion filed in his

        42 U.S.C. § 1983 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 September 1, 2022. Al-Haqq filed the notice

        of appeal on October 13, 2023. * Because Al-Haqq 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 Al-Haqq 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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