Court Opinion

ID: 617327
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Date Created: 2011-11-17 20:40:17+00
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UNPUBLISHED

                  UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                      FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                            No. 11-1672

PEPI SCHAFLER,

                      Plaintiff - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Greenbelt.     Peter J. Messitte, Senior District
Judge. (8:10-cv-01893-PJM)

Submitted:   November 15, 2011            Decided:   November 17, 2011

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

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Pepi Schafler, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

              Pepi   Schafler    seeks    to   appeal     the   district    court’s

orders dismissing her civil action styled as a petition for a

writ of habeas corpus and denying reconsideration.                     We dismiss

the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the notice of appeal

was not timely filed.

              Parties are accorded thirty 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’s order was entered on the docket

on May 11, 2011.         The notice of appeal was filed on June 13,

2011.   Because Schafler 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    the    court     and   argument    would    not     aid   the

decisional process.

                                                                          DISMISSED

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