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Date Created: 2022-04-19 19:01:07.751813+00
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UNPUBLISHED

                       UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                      No. 22-1044

CATHERINE ALEXANDER,

                    Plaintiff - Appellant,

             v.

FEDEX GROUND PACKAGE SYSTEM,

                    Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Greenbelt.
George Jarrod Hazel, District Judge. (8:20-cv-00617-GJH)

Submitted: April 14, 2022                                         Decided: April 19, 2022

Before DIAZ and RUSHING, Circuit Judges, and KEENAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Catherine Alexander, Appellant Pro Se. Renee Lynn Bowen, FRANKLIN & PROKOPIK,
Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

       Catherine Alexander seeks to appeal the district court’s order dismissing her civil

complaint as barred by the statute of limitations. 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 30, 2021. Alexander filed the

notice of appeal on January 11, 2022. Because Alexander 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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