Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-11-22 21:00:42.77342+00
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                                             UNPUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                               No. 23-1750

        LONNIE BENJAMIN BARBEE,

                             Plaintiff - Appellant,

                      v.

        RUSSELL WICKER, Director of The Foundation; DAVID LIBERA, Technical
        Director of The Foundation; STEVE MATHENEY, Vice President, Isothermal
        Community College; THAD HARRELL, Vice President, Isothermal Community
        College; SALONIA THORNE, Lighting; AMY HOPPER, Human or Student
        Relations; WALTER DALTON, President, Isothermal Community College;
        ISOTHERMAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE,

                             Defendants - Appellees.

        Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at
        Asheville. Martin K. Reidinger, Chief District Judge. (1:23-cv-00138-MR-WCM)

        Submitted: November 16, 2023                                Decided: November 21, 2023

        Before AGEE and RICHARDSON, Circuit Judges, and FLOYD, Senior Circuit Judge.

        Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        Lonnie Benjamin Barbee, Appellant Pro Se. Wade Edward Ballard, FORD & HARRISON
        LLP, Spartanburg, South Carolina, for Appellees.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

               Lonnie Benjamin Barbee seeks to appeal the district court’s order dismissing as

        barred by res judicata Barbee’s employment discrimination action against Defendants. We

        dismiss this 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 judgment on June 8, 2023. Barbee filed the underlying

        notice of appeal on July 13, 2023. Because Barbee 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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