Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2020-12-28 20:00:27.518273+00
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UNPUBLISHED

                       UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                      No. 20-2027

DORA STALEY,

                    Plaintiff - Appellant,

             v.

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, Headquarters in Columbia, S.C.,

                    Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at
Columbia. Mary G. Lewis, District Judge. (3:19-cv-02962-MGL)

Submitted: December 22, 2020                                Decided: December 28, 2020

Before NIEMEYER, FLOYD, and RICHARDSON, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

       Dora Staley seeks to appeal the district court’s order accepting the magistrate

judge’s recommendation and dismissing Staley’s case with prejudice for failure to

prosecute. 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 June 22, 2020. Staley filed the notice of appeal

on September 22, 2020. Because Staley 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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