Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-07-25 21:01:41.181671+00
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                                            UNPUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                              No. 23-1023

        NIKKI G. WILLIAMS,

                            Plaintiff - Appellant,

                     v.

        TD BANK, N.A.,

                            Defendant - Appellee.

        Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at
        Columbia. Mary G. Lewis, District Judge. (3:20-cv-04449-MGL)

        Submitted: July 20, 2023                                          Decided: July 24, 2023

        Before NIEMEYER and THACKER, Circuit Judges, and KEENAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

        Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        Nikki G. Williams, Appellant Pro Se. Lucas James Asper, OGLETREE DEAKINS NASH
        SMOAK & STEWART, PC, Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellee.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

               Nikki G. Williams seeks to appeal the district court’s order accepting the magistrate

        judge’s recommendation and granting summary judgment in favor of defendant TD Bank,

        N.A., in Williams’ action alleging violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

        and the Americans with Disabilities Act. 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 December 5, 2022. Williams filed the notice

        of appeal on January 9, 2023. Because Williams 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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