Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-02-22 21:00:38.050221+00
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                                            UNPUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                              No. 22-2207

        TAMARA HERBIN,

                            Plaintiff - Appellant,

                     v.

        GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY; MEGHAN MAVREDES, Supervisor; SONYA
        SIMS, HR Director,

                            Defendants - Appellees.

        Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at
        Alexandria. Michael Stefan Nachmanoff, District Judge. (1:22-cv-00694-MSN-IDD)

        Submitted: February 16, 2023                                 Decided: February 21, 2023

        Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, RUSHING, Circuit Judge, and FLOYD, Senior Circuit
        Judge.

        Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        Tamara Herbin, Appellant Pro Se. Nicole Edmond Chammas, Henry Adam Platt, SAUL
        EWING LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellees.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

               Tamara Herbin seeks to appeal the district court’s order dismissing with prejudice

        her pro se civil complaint. 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 October 3, 2022. Herbin filed the notice of

        appeal on November 21, 2022. Because Herbin 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

               *
                We are constrained to dismiss Herbin’s appeal despite the district court’s incorrect
        statement in its dismissal order that Herbin had 60 days to appeal. See Bowles v. Russell,
        551 U.S. 205, 214 (2007) (holding that “unique circumstances” doctrine may not excuse
        untimely filing of appeal in civil case). Herbin may be able to seek relief from the district
        court under Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) based on the court’s incorrect statement.

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