Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-04-23 21:00:57.608278+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:20:13.526519
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                                            UNPUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                              No. 24-1104

        TIMOTHY REEVES,

                            Plaintiff - Appellant,

                     v.

        CIRCUIT COURT FOR PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY MARYLAND; CIRCUIT
        COURT LAND RECORDS; ROBIN GILL BRIGHT, Lawyer; JOHN ANSELL;
        JEREMY B. WILKINS; ROBERT A. OLIVERI; AMANDA DRISCOLE; PAUL
        HEINMULLER; BROCK & SCOTT PLLC; HARVEY WEST AUCTIONEERS,

                            Defendants - Appellees.

        Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Greenbelt.
        Brendan A. Hurson, District Judge. (8:23-cv-02678-BAH)

        Submitted: April 18, 2024                                           Decided: April 22, 2024

        Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

        Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        Timothy Reeves, Appellant Pro Se.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

               Timothy Reeves seeks to appeal the district court’s orders dismissing his complaint

        as frivolous and denying his motion for reconsideration and for recusal. 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 December 5, 2023.

        Reeves had 30 days, or until January 4, 2024, to file his notice of appeal. Reeves did not

        file his notice of appeal until January 30, 2024. Because Reeves 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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