Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-01-21 21:00:51.531894+00
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                                             UNPUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                               No. 22-7056

        JESSE JAMES COPEN, SR.,

                             Plaintiff - Appellant,

                      v.

        PAM DANIELS, DCR Employed?; ERIN LYNN, Parole Officers Supervisor;
        MISTY FLETCHER, DHHR Worker; CHRISTINA HARPER, Assistant
        Prosecuting Attorney; STEVE NANNERS, Attorney; DAVID FUELHART, 2nd
        Attorney,

                             Defendants - Appellees.

        Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, at
        Wheeling. John Preston Bailey, District Judge. (5:22-cv-00128-JPB-JPM)

        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        Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        Jesse James Copen, Sr., Appellant Pro Se.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

               Jesse James Copen, Sr., appeals the district court’s order dismissing his 42 U.S.C.

        § 1983 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 July 1, 2022. Copen filed the notice of appeal

        on August 31, 2022. * Because Copen 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

               *
                For the purpose of this appeal, we assume that the date appearing on the notice of
        appeal is the earliest date Copen could have delivered the notice to prison officials for
        mailing to the court. Fed. R. App. P. 4(c)(1); Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266, 276 (1988).

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