Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-03-16 21:01:20.261841+00
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                                             UNPUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                               No. 22-2063

        PAKUJA CRYSTAL VANG,

                             Plaintiff - Appellant,

                      v.

        VALDESE WEAVER; MELISSA MITCHELL, Safety Manager; SCOTT LNU,
        Plant Manager; BRITTANY LNU, Circa Plant Human Resource; NANCY YANG,
        Main Plant Coordinator,

                             Defendants - Appellees.

        Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at
        Asheville. Martin K. Reidinger, Chief District Judge. (1:22-cv-00119-MR-WCM)

        Submitted: January 17, 2023                                       Decided: January 19, 2023

        Before KING and THACKER, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit Judge.

        Remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        Pakuja Crystal Vang, Appellant Pro Se.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

               Pakuja Crystal Vang seeks to appeal the district court’s order dismissing without

        prejudice her civil complaint. 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). The

        district court may extend the time to note an appeal, however, if a party moves for such an

        extension within 30 days of the expiration of the appeal period and demonstrates excusable

        neglect or good cause warranting an extension. Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(5). “[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 dismissal order on September 1, 2022. Vang filed her

        notice of appeal on October 6, 2022, which was after the 30-day appeal period had expired

        but within the period for seeking an extension of the time to appeal. Together with her

        notice of appeal, Vang submitted a pro se letter to the district court providing reasons for

        her belated filing of the notice of appeal. We liberally construe Vang’s letter as a motion

        for an extension of the appeal period and remand this case to the district court for the

        limited purpose of determining whether Vang has demonstrated excusable neglect or good

        cause warranting an extension of the appeal period. The record, as supplemented, will then

        be returned to this court for further consideration.

                                                                                          REMANDED

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