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                                            UNPUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                              No. 20-1615

        DAVID M. SHIPP,

                            Plaintiff - Appellant,

                     v.

        ERIC HARGAN, Acting Secretary of Health and Human Services,

                            Defendant - Appellee.

        Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Greenbelt.
        Paula Xinis, District Judge. (8:17-cv-03365-PX)

        Submitted: September 22, 2020                               Decided: September 24, 2020

        Before NIEMEYER, KEENAN, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.

        Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        David M. Shipp, Appellant Pro Se.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

               David M. Shipp seeks to appeal the district court’s order granting summary

        judgment to Defendant on Shipp’s civil complaint. 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 March 27, 2020. Shipp filed his first notice

        of appeal on June 1, 2020. Because Shipp 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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