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ID: 9905157
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Date Created: 2023-11-28 21:01:47.185906+00
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                                              UNPUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                               No. 23-1884

        JESSICA STROTHER,

                             Plaintiff - Appellant,

                      v.

        COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE,

                             Defendant - Appellee.

        Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, at
        Charlottesville. Norman K. Moon, Senior District Judge. (3:23-cv-00012-NKM-JCH)

        Submitted: November 21, 2023                                Decided: November 27, 2023

        Before WILKINSON and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit
        Judge.

        Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        Jessica Strother, Appellant Pro Se.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

               Jessica Strother seeks to appeal the district court’s order dismissing her claims, filed

        under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e to 2000e-17, pursuant

        to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6). 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 July 7, 2023. Strother filed the notice of appeal

        on August 8, 2023. ∗ Because Strother 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

               ∗
                 This court received Strother’s notice of appeal on this date. See Fed. R. App. P.
        4(d) (providing that notice of appeal mistakenly filed in court of appeals is considered filed
        in the district court on the date so noted).

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