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Date Created: 2023-03-25 21:00:32.153659+00
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                                            UNPUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                              No. 22-7416

        MIGUEL A. RIVERA-ALVAREZ,

                            Plaintiff - Appellant,

                     v.

        MCI-H; WARDEN GREGORY A. WERNER; ASST. WARDEN TODD A. HULL;
        CHIEF SECURITY LAURA K. GOLLIDAY; OFFICER JOHN DOE,

                            Defendants - Appellees.

        Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore.
        Stephanie A. Gallagher, District Judge. (1:22-cv-01861-SAG)

        Submitted: March 21, 2023                                         Decided: March 24, 2023

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

        Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        Miguel A. Rivera-Alvarez, Appellant Pro Se.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

               Miguel A. Rivera-Alvarez seeks to appeal the district court’s orders denying relief

        on his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint and denying his Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e) motion for

        reconsideration. 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 denying reconsideration on October 17, 2022.

        Rivera-Alvarez filed the notice of appeal on November 28, 2022. * Because Rivera-Alvarez

        failed to file a timely notice of appeal or to obtain an extension or reopening of the appeal

        period, we dismiss the appeal and deny all pending motions.

               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 Rivera-Alvarez 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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