Court Opinion

ID: 9364647
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Date Created: 2023-01-19 21:00:32.303002+00
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USCA4 Appeal: 22-6649      Doc: 7         Filed: 01/18/2023    Pg: 1 of 2

                                             UNPUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                               No. 22-6649

        LEXIE WILLIAMS,

                             Plaintiff - Appellant,

                      v.

        DR. ROBLES; DR. GRADDY; DR. DUBOIS; DR. NOGO,

                             Defendants - Appellees.

        Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at
        Raleigh. Louise W. Flanagan, District Judge. (5:21-ct-03246-FL)

        Submitted: January 6, 2023                                        Decided: January 18, 2023

        Before WYNN and THACKER, Circuit Judges, and KEENAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

        Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        Lexie Williams, Appellant Pro Se.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

               Lexie Williams seeks to appeal the district court’s order dismissing his complaint

        under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388

        (1971) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B).         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 February 28, 2022. Williams filed the notice

        of appeal on May 25, 2022. * Because Williams failed to file a timely notice of appeal or

        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 Williams’
        Declaration of Inmate Filing and postmark appearing on the envelope containing the notice
        of appeal and Declaration is the earliest date Williams 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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