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Date Created: 2023-01-21 21:00:55.896358+00
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                                             UNPUBLISHED

                                UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                               No. 22-6954

        BRUCE RILEY BEY,

                             Plaintiff - Appellant,

                      v.

        PETER BECKER; TIMOTHY BAXLEY; MARCIA FRYE; KEVIN SHWEDO;
        ANTHONY DENNIS; SGT. MICHAEL BUCHANAN, Sumter County Deputy;
        OFFICER S. BALLARD, Clarendon County Deputy; SUMTER COUNTY
        DETENTION CENTER; SOUTH CAROLINA LAW ENFORCEMENT; BRIAN
        KEITH GRIFFEN; GENERAL SESSION COURT; JAMES E. CAMPBELL, Clerk
        of Court; CLARENDON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER; JORDAN T. SMITH,
        Patrolman; S.C. HIGHWAY PATROL, Florence County; FLORENCE COUNTY
        MAGISTRATE COURT; CPL F. MELENDEZ; TROOP 1 SC HIGHWAY
        PATROL; SUMTER COUNTY MAGISTRATE COURT; SUMTER COUNTY
        CLERK OF COURT, General Sessions; CLARENDON COUNTY MAGISTRATE
        COURT,

                             Defendants - Appellees.

        Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Florence.
        Sherri A. Lydon, District Judge. (4:22-cv-01239-SAL)

        Submitted: January 17, 2023                                     Decided: January 20, 2023

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

        Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
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        Bruce Riley Bey, Appellant Pro Se.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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        PER CURIAM:

               Bruce Riley Bey seeks to appeal the district court’s order dismissing his civil action

        for failure to prosecute. 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 on June 28, 2022. Bey filed the notice of appeal

        on August 18, 2022. Because Bey 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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