Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-04-25 21:00:44.959938+00
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                                            UNPUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                              No. 23-1649

        JOHN MCSHEFFREY,

                            Plaintiff - Appellant,

                     v.

        PAUL J. POWERS, Sued in his Individual and Official Capacities; JASON S.
        MIYARES, Sued in his Official Capacity; YANA TURNER, Sued in her Individual
        and Official Capacities,

                            Defendants - Appellees.

        Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at
        Norfolk. Mark S. Davis, Chief District Judge. (2:22-cv-00080-MSD-RJK)

        Submitted: April 15, 2024                                         Decided: April 24, 2024

        Before AGEE and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and KEENAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

        Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        John McSheffrey, Appellant Pro Se. Jeff W. Rosen, PENDER & COWARD, PC, Virginia
        Beach, Virginia, for Appellees.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

               John McSheffrey seeks to appeal the district court’s order dismissing his 42 U.S.C.

        § 1983 action. 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 May 15, 2023, and the appeal period expired

        on June 14, 2023. McSheffrey filed the notice of appeal on June 15, 2023. Because

        McSheffrey failed to file a timely notice of appeal or 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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